The Brussels correctional court has requested 50 months in prison against a Moroccan residing in Schaerbeek accused of having raped and sequestered a young Moroccan woman with whom he had an arranged marriage. The verdict is expected in three weeks.
While the victims of the Brussels attacks were eagerly awaiting the opening of the trial, the accused including Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini, supported by their lawyers, have decided not to appear, citing reasons deemed "grotesque" by the victims.
A Moroccan residing in Belgium is preparing to leave Brussels for Morocco, in order to raise money for a sexagenarian suffering from cancer. The latter does not have the means to be treated.
Lawyer Michel Bouchat joins his colleague Delphine Paci to defend Salah Abdeslam , sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the Paris attacks and awaiting trial in Belgium for the role he is said to have played in the Brussels attacks.
Mohamed Abrini, one of the nine defendants in the Brussels attacks that killed 32 people in March 2016, including 16 at Zaventem airport, tells his version of the events.
Unbearable scene at the Clinique Saint-Jean in Brussels. Hassnae was sent back from the clinic with her four-month-old baby who had a 40°C fever.
Brussels lawyer Delphine Paci will take over the defense of Moroccan Salah Abdeslam , one of the alleged perpetrators of the Brussels attacks, at the trial that will open in October.
About fifty unaccompanied minors, many of them Moroccans, are left to their own devices on the streets of Brussels, due to lack of care. Advocacy associations are alerting and calling for urgent and lasting measures.
An Uber driver accuses Hicham Talhi, a Brussels MP and vice-president of the regional Parliament (Ecolo), of having assaulted him and has filed a complaint against him. These accusations follow an altercation between the two men.
A study on the second generation of Brussels residents of immigrant origin shows the attachment of part of this community to religion, rather than to the law.
For the second consecutive year, the name Mohamed tops all records in Brussels. This is what Statbel indicated in its ranking of the most popular first names in 2021 in Belgium and regions.
Municipal and regional cleaning services have often criticized the Muslim community in Belgium for the large number of sheep carcasses in the streets the day after the celebration of Eid Al-Adha.