Sandew Hira

Sandew Hira is a prominent Surinamese activist and scholar known for his critical stance on the legacy of colonialism and slavery in the Netherlands and Suriname. He has been vocal about the need for genuine reparations and acknowledgment of historical injustices. Recently, Hira garnered attention for his speech at the PALU center, where he condemned the Dutch monarchy's apologies for its role in slavery as insincere and based on falsehoods, asserting that the royal family was complicit in the slave trade.