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Belgium’s government abducted us as children. They must pay

Belgian colonial authorities abducted me from my home in Rwanda when I was three. This is my story.

Opinion by Jacqui GoegebeurJacqui Goegebeur

Published On 21 Mar 202521 Mar 2025

In December 2024,the Brussels Court of Appeal found Belgium responsible for crimes against humanity over its treatment of Metis children like Jacqui Goegebeur, and ordered the state to compensate them for “loss of their connection to their mothers and the damage to their identity”. (Photo courtesy of Amnesty International)

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