Crime against humanity: Why has a court found Belgium guilty of kidnapping?
Thousands of children were forcibly taken from their families in Belgian colonies because they were mixed-race.
Court finds Belgium guilty of ‘crimes against humanity’ for kidnapping children in colonial Congo
Five mixed-race women sued the Belgian state for taking them away from their families in racially motivated abductions.
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 Congo, were victims of a crime against humanity.
Belgium loses case against women taken from mothers in colonial era
BRUSSELS: The Belgian state was ordered Monday to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly placed in an orphanage 70 years ago under a colonial-era practice that judges said constituted a crime against humanity.
Belgium ordered to pay reparations for colonial kidnappings
On Monday judges called this a crime against humanity and said the kidnappings were "an inhumane act of persecution". The Belgium government in 2019 issued a formal apology to an estimated 20,000 victims of forced family separations in DR Congo,
Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo
Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the Congo, the first time the country is held accountable for its actions as a colonial power. In a final ruling on Monday,
Victims Win Reparations Over Abduction By Colonial-era Belgium
The Belgian state was ordered Monday to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly placed in an orphanage 70 years ago under a colonial-era practice that judges said constituted a crime against humanity.
Belgium loses case over babies stolen in former colonies
It said that Belgium had carried on "an inhumane act of persecution." The five women at the center of the case are Simone Ngalula, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Noelle Verbeeken and Marie-Jose Loshi.
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