Five mixed-race women demanding reparations from Belgium after being taken from their mothers in Congo 70 years ago took their fight to a Brussels appeals court Monday. the women, now in their 70s, accuse the country of crimes against humanity over a colonial-era practice that saw them forcibly placed in an orphanage. FRANCE 24’s Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
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@bisi1980
Imagine, this is how they treat their own children 🙄
@harperwelch5147
If this happened in the 20th century then it was certainly a crime.
@marym-w2e
They all cry that they are not to blame for what their ancestors did, but they sure do enjoy the looted resources.