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Belgium Has Been Found Guilty of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ for Kidnapping Thousands of Children in Congo
A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to pay damages to five women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were abducted from their ...
Human Rights Watch8d
Belgian Ruling a Landmark Win for Reparations Movement
On December 2, the Brussels Court of Appeal found the Belgian government guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo during ...
The Africa Report8d
Activists hail Belgium’s conviction for mistreatment of métis girls in colonial Congo
In its ruling Monday, the Brussels Court of Appeal held the Belgian State responsible for the abduction and systematic racial ...
5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium for Crimes Under Colonial Rule
In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian ...
Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past
A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race ...
The Express Tribune9d
Belgium found guilty of colonial abuses against Congo
The forced removal of mixed-race children in the Belgian Congo had its roots in the policies of King Léopold II, who ruled the Congo as his personal colony from 1885 to 1908. Who was responsible ...
The Straits Times9d
Belgian state held accountable for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children
The case was brought by five women who were forcibly separated from their mothers in the Belgian Congo before the age of seven. The court found that their abductions were part of a deliberate and ...
France 249d
Belgian court rules against state over abduction of mixed-race children in colonial Congo
Reversing an earlier ruling that found too much time had passed since the alleged wrongdoing, the Brussels appeals court said the women, born in Belgian-ruled Congo and now in their 70s ...