In its ruling Monday, the Brussels Court of Appeal held the Belgian State responsible for the abduction and systematic racial ...

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian ...

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 ...

The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday held the state accountable for the systematic abduction of "metis" children, those of mixed European and African heritage, from their mothers during the colonial ...

The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday found the Belgian state guilty of “crimes against humanity” for kidnapping five mixed-race women when they were children in Congo under colonial rule.

On December 2, the Brussels Court of Appeal found the Belgian government guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo during ...

Belgian State Held Accountable for Colonial-Era Abduction of Mixed-Race Children BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday held the state accountable for the systematic abduction ...

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 ...

Belgium's colonial history, particularly its brutal rule over Congo under King Leopold II and as a colony until 1960, has been under increased scrutiny. This era is also remembered for the plight ...

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 ...