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Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead
March 18, 2026
NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:

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Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead

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A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Etienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Cong . . .

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