(15 Jun 2025)
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The Hague, Netherlands – 15 June 2025
1. Wide of empty chairs representing each of the 298 victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
2. Attendees of protest holding white roses
3. Attendees placing flowers on chairs
4. Chairs with roses and photos of victims
5. Wide of Russian flag outside embassy
6. Close of protest sign reading (English) "The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth MH17"
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sander van Luik, lost his brother, Klaas Willem, in the downing of MH17:
"We feel that justice has not been done yet, so the people who are not in these seats anymore, I’m sure they will want justice for their lives that were taken, and we’re all relatives of those people and we all feel this pain every day, of course ."
8. Wide of protest banner reading (Russian) "Humanity is Above Politics" at MH17 protest
9. Wide of empty chairs
10. Close of a "Justice for MH17" sign
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand, lost her son, Bryce, in the downing of MH17:
"The point is it’s also already 11 years ago, so the world moves on and things happen and new wars start and everybody seems to forget about what happened to us and we still don’t have justice. That’s hard, and we try to fight and get answers, but we don’t get it. No one listens. No one gives answers ."
12. Mid of empty chairs
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sander van Luik, lost his brother, Klaas Willem, in the downing of MH17:
"It is traumatic, it’s the same pictures (referring to Air India Flight AI171 that crashed in Ahmedabad) in a way. It’s debris from a large aeroplane. It’s a lot of people that lost their lives, so it is traumatic and it brings back memories for us, of course. But it’s different in a way, I hope for the relatives of the people that perished there that they will know what happened to this aeroplane and why their relatives are dead, and this is still a question that has not been answered for us ."
14. Wide of empty chairs
STORYLINE:
Relatives of victims of the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 held a silent protest in The Hague, Netherlands on Sunday.
As in previous years, 298 chairs were laid out to represent those who were onboard the flight, with relatives placing white roses and pictures of their loved ones on the chairs.
The passengers and crew, who were killed in the downing, came from more than a dozen countries, although nearly 200 were Dutch citizens.
The event was held outside the Russian Embassy.
An international team of investigators have said it found “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down MH17 with a Russian missile.
Russia has always denied any involvement in the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, and refused to cooperate with the investigation.
Eleven years on relatives of those killed in the downing say they are still waiting for answers about what happened to their loved ones.
"The world moves on and things happen and new wars start and everybody seems to forget about what happened to us and we still don’t have justice," said Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand, who lost her son, Bryce.
Sander van Luik, who lost his brother, Klaas Willem, said seeing pictures of the Air India crash brought back traumatic memories, but that he hoped relatives of the victims would find out how and why their loved ones died.
AP video by Ahmad Seir Nassiri
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