After UN expert Verene Shepherd before the Black Petes use was criticized in the Netherlands as a “return to slavery”, UN responds today that this strong debate must not mean that individuals are targets of hate speech, attacks on their personal integrity or any form of harassment or intimidation, as happened in this case. Opponents of Zwarte Piet its target of threats. Furthermore, it also intimidated and threatened Shepherd from the Netherlands. On the Facebook page Pietitie increasingly racist expressions appear.

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