VIDEO : King Leopold II: Who Was Belgium’s Colonial-Era Monarch and Why Do Some Want His Statues Removed?
www.euronews.com -VIDEO : Activists want statues of King Leopold II removed from Belgian cities. Here’s why.
Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, in a completely separate role, the Sovereign of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. — Wikipedia
VIDEO : Activists want statues of King Leopold II removed from Belgian cities. Here’s why.
A statue of King Leopold II in Antwerp has been taken down by Belgian authorities.
When the Black Lives Matter protests reached Belgium, they targeted the bloodstained legacy of King Leopold II.
BRUSSELS: A bust of late Belgian king Leopold II, who exploited the country’s brutally-run former central African…
“The Belgians didn’t bring civilization to Congo — Belgium came to steal.” Art historian Anne Wetsi Mpoma sets the record straight on her country’s colonial past.
In unprecedented move, Belgium’s King Philippe expressed ‘deepest regrets’ for violence inflicted on Congo and its people in late 19th century.
The King is a direct descendant of Leopold II, whose brutal reign in the Congo Free State inspired Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
A very rapid decision is needed over whether to remove statues of Belgium’s colonial-era king, Leopold II, Brussels’ heritage minister has told Euronews.
A statue in Belgium of King Leopold II that was daubed with paint and burnt during protests inspired by the death of black American George Floyd was removed for possible renovation.
This is why statues of a 19th-century king are being torn down now.
A statue of Belgium’s colonial king, Leopold II, in the Africa Museum in Brussels, has been daubed in red paint in the third act of defacement so far this year. The Leopold bust in the Africa Mus
Tags appeared on Sunday on a statue of King Leopold II at the Wiertz Square in Namur. The words “Who is tired?”, “King of Thieves” and “Stop racism sexism,” written in pi
The letter was sent amid demands that the country reassess its colonial past. A petition has called for removing all statues of former King Leopold II.