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70 years on, women demand reparation

BRUSSELS: Five biracial women taken from their mothers in Congo 70 years ago demanded reparations from the Belgian state yesterday, which is accused of “crimes against humanity” for acts committed during the colonial era.

Léa, Monique, Simone, Noëlle and Marie-Josée, who are now more than 70 years old, sued Belgium demanding reparations from central Africa’s former colonial power.

The trial is the first in Belgium to shed light on the fate of biracial children born in the former Belgian colonies (DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), whose number is generally estimated at around 15 000, though there has never been an official count..

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