Five mixed-race women were abducted from their homes in the Belgian Congo as toddlers by force, a procedure that courts deemed a “crime against humanity” during the colonial era. A court has ordered Belgium to compensate these ladies with millions of dollars.
The Brussels Court of Appeal’s historic decision on Monday followed years of litigation by the harmed women. Thousands of children were abducted from the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo due to their race, setting a precedent for state-sanctioned kidnappings.
