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Brussels Police to Pursue Legal Action Against Officers in Racist Video Scandal
The Brussels Midi police intend to initiate legal proceedings against two policewomen accused of racism .
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Belgian Liberal Party Opposes Lifting Veil Ban in Public Higher Education
The decision of Wallonie-Bruxelles Enseignement (WBE) regarding the authorization of religious symbols, including the wearing of the veil, in official higher education institutions from the next school year, is not to the liking of the Mouvement réformateur (MR).
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Wallonia-Brussels Education Lifts Ban on Religious Symbols, Including Hijabs
Students enrolled in higher education or social promotion institutions under the supervision of Wallonia-Brussels Education will now be able to display convictional signs including the veil. This measure will come into effect from September 2021.
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Brussels Riots: Federal Policewoman Rescued by Local Resident During Violent Protest
During the "Justice for Ibrahima" rally in Brussels that degenerated, a federal policewoman who was beaten with kicks was saved by a Moroccan resident. She testifies.
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Four Suspects Jailed in Brussels Kidnapping and Extortion Case
The investigating judge has decided to place four suspects - all of Moroccan origin - in pre-trial detention for kidnapping and sequestration committed in Brussels and Hal. They will appear on Friday, January 15, 2021, before the council chamber.
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Belgium Accuses Morocco of Espionage; Ambassador Denies Allegations
The Moroccan ambassador to Belgium, Mohammed Ameur, reacted to the statements of the Belgian Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD) denouncing Moroccan interference and espionage in the context of the takeover of the Great Mosque of Brussels. He states that these are "unfounded, incomprehensible and unacceptable allegations".
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Belgian Terror Suspects on Trial for Violent Home Robbery of Elderly Jeweler
When they appeared before the Nivelles Assize Court on Thursday, January 7, Akim S., a Moroccan resident in Brussels, and the Frenchman Salah G., both suspected of having committed, on April 28, 2017, a violent home-jacking in Braine-l’Alleud, rejected the accusations in block and requested acquittal. These two defendants were sentenced in Brussels to seven and eight years in prison in a case related to terrorism.
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Brussels Attacks: Wrongly Accused 'Man in the Hat' Suspect Cleared After 4-Year Legal Battle
Fayçal Cheffou, the accused wrongly identified as "the man with the hat", one of the terrorists of the March 22, 2016 attacks, has been granted a dismissal by the Brussels Chamber Council. He has thus been definitively cleared in this case.
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Belgium Tests Thousands of Travelers from High-Risk Countries at Major Airports
Passengers returning mainly from Morocco , Turkey, Spain, Portugal and Martinique were subjected to the Covid-19 test at the airports of Brussels and Charleroi.
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Brussels Attacks Trial: Court to Decide Fate of Suspects in 2016 Terror Case
The Brussels Council Chamber heard all the parties concerned by the file of the attacks that caused dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries on December 7, 8 and 9. The decision of the Brussels Council Chamber will be rendered, in camera, this Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., at the Justitia, in the former NATO buildings in Haren.
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Belgian Court Declares 1980s Political Assassination Case Expired After 30 Years
The Belliraj case, named after the leader of the terrorist network sentenced to life imprisonment in Morocco , has taken a new judicial turn. The indictment chamber in Brussels has noted the prescription of public action in the criminal case concerning six political assassinations committed in Belgium in the late 1980s.
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Family of Brussels Teen Who Died in Police Chase Files Complaint Against Prosecutor
The information communicated to the press did not please the family of Adil, a 19-year-old who died in a police chase, who filed a complaint against the Brussels public prosecutor. She accuses him of violating the secrecy of the investigation and professional secrecy.