Belgian Court Sentences 12 in Major Drug Trafficking Ring, Including Moroccan Nationals
6 August 2021
Twelve individuals, including Moroccans, members of a drug trafficking network, have been sentenced by the Court of First Instance in Liège.
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Brussels Police Chase Death Case: Decision Delayed for Victims’ Families
2 August 2021
The Brussels chamber council did not render, this Monday, August 2, a decision on the "Ouassim and Sabrina" case, two young people who died in May 2017 in a police chase. The (…)
Family Cancels Memorial March for 26-Year-Old Who Died After Police Encounter in Brussels
2 August 2021
The family of Mounir, a young man of 26 years old, who died after a police intervention in Rue du Brabant in Schaerbeek, has cancelled the white march planned for yesterday, (…)
Family Demands Answers in Death of 26-Year-Old After Police Arrest in Brussels
1 August 2021
The family of Mounir, a 26-year-old man who died after a police arrest on Rue du Brabant in Schaerbeek, wants to know the truth. They have joined the civil party to have access (…)
Belgian Doctors Acquitted in 2011 Death of 14-Year-Old Girl After Misdiagnosis
28 July 2021
In Belgium, the Saint-Luc University Clinics, the Maritime Medical Center and two doctors prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter due to lack of foresight or precaution (…)
Hunger Strike Ends as Belgian Government Offers Talks on Migrant Regularization
22 July 2021
In Belgium, the striking undocumented migrants have decided to stop their movement and suspend the hunger strike for the moment. To negotiate residence permits, the support (…)
Brussels Firefighter’s Racist Social Media Post Upheld as Grounds for Disciplinary Action
20 July 2021
The Fire and Emergency Medical Service (SIAMU) has maintained its disciplinary sanction against a firefighter deemed racist, despite a decision by the appeals commission. The (…)
Bikers Protest, Demand Charges Against Police in Fatal Brussels Chase
20 July 2021
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, the lives of two young people, Sabrina and Ouassim, changed forever around 10 p.m. in the tunnels of Avenue Louise in Brussels. A police chase that (…)
Belgium Repatriates ISIS Wives and Children from Syrian Camp
17 July 2021
The Belga agency confirmed on Friday the effective repatriation operation of women and children of jihadists from the Roj camp in northeastern Syria to Belgium. For "reasons of (…)
Belgian Activist Receives Graphic Death Threats, Files Complaint
16 July 2021
The director of the Observatory of Fundamentalisms, Fadila Maaroufi, has received new death threats, but these seem much more frightening than the previous ones. Even though (…)