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BELGIUM: Victim or witness of police abuse – the League for Human Rights calls for testimonies

Article originally published in French on LDH Belgium - accessible here In its mission to monitor police violence, the League ...
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BELGIUM: Special powers – The League for Human Rights addresses a letter to MPs and the government

Extract from article originally published in French on LDH website, 26 March 2020 - accessible here The League for Human ...
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BELGIUM: Coronavirus in Prisons – Health Is a Fundamental Right

Article originally published on LIBERTIES, 20 March 2020 - accessible here Belgian rights groups are urging authorities to implement strong ...
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Freedom of expression

BELGIUM: Black MEP describes being victim of Belgian police brutality

Extract from article originally published on The Guardian, 17 June 2020 - accessible here A black MEP has said she ...
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BELGIUM: Police sues associations and photographer for exhibition on police violence

(Collective ZIN TV) On Tuesday 5 March, a photographer, a collective of photographers, an association of media and a human ...
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BELGIUM: Hundreds arrested reported as clashes during anti-government protests

(Civicus Monitor) Peaceful Assembly A string of protests with reports of violence and hundreds of arrests took place in Belgium ...
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BELGIUM: RTBF reporters arrested at refugee centre demo

(The Brussels Times) Two reporters and three technical staff of the French-speaking public broadcaster RTBF were arrested yesterday while reporting on ...
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Freedom of assembly

BELGIUM: Over 20 Extinction Rebellion members preventively arrested during anti-Black Friday campaign

(The Brussels Times - 29 November 2019) On Thursday night, 22 members of of the group Extinction Rebellion have been ...
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BELGIUM: Probe launched into ‘unacceptable violence’ by police against Extinction Rebellion activists

(The Brussels Times) By Gabriela Galindo Protesters gathered in the square were dispersed by police using teargas and water cannons ...
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BELGIUM: Police arrests 22 peaceful ‘anti-capitalist zombies’ protesters before the protest takes place

UPDATE: According to the organisers, the protest had previously been notified and authorised by the police. (Translated from Dutch with ...
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BELGIUM: Hundreds arrested reported as clashes during anti-government protests

(Civicus Monitor) Peaceful Assembly A string of protests with reports of violence and hundreds of arrests took place in Belgium ...
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BELGIUM: 4 people arrested in Brussels for this anti-Trump banner

(translated from RTL info) The police of Brussels Capital Ixelles administratively stopped Wednesday morning four people who deployed a banner against ...
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Institutional reactions

BELGIUM: UN expert encourages the country’s balanced approach but urges action on victims of terrorism and prisons

(OHCHR) BRUSSELS (1 June 2018) - The Belgium Government’s commitment to uphold human rights obligations while countering terrorism serves as an ...
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