The Belgian government is guilty of crimes against humanity! That was the ruling passed by the Brussels Court of Appeal in a case brought by five women who were abducted from their mothers by Belgian authorities in the African territories that the European country ruled with an iron fist during the colonial era.
Thousands of mixed-race children fell victim to the colonial authorities’ racism, which led to the prohibition of any form of sexual relations between Europeans and Africans.
The court has ordered the state to pay each of the five women 50,000 euros ($52,550), a paltry amount considering the trauma and identity erasure that the victims have undergone as a result of being cut off from their families and roots.
SOURCES:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/01/mixed-race-kidnappings-belgian-congo-belgium