Human Rights Watch: Decision Looming in Case Against Former Belgian Official for Role in Lumumba Killing
January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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The Need for Progress on Justice and Reparations
On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassination of the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrice Emery Lumu . . .
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The Need for Progress on Justice and Reparations
On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassination of the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrice Emery Lumu . . .