New senate sworn in
The new 75 member senate, or upper house of parliament, was sworn in on Tuesday. Among the new senators is German-born lawyer Britta Böhler, who has represented Theo van Gogh’s murderer, anti-Islam campaigner Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Islamic terrorist suspects.
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