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Belgium’s sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law

December 1, 2024 World Justice News 0

Warning – contains descriptions of a sexual nature Some names have been changed to protect people’s safety. “I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I […]

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Malian singer detained in Belgium in child custody row

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One of Africa’s best known musicians – the Malian singer Rokia Traoré – has reportedly been imprisoned in Belgium as part of an ongoing child custody dispute. The 50-year-old is being held after being extradited […]

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Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial

July 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A court in Brussels has found six men guilty of terrorist murder, more than seven years after suicide bomb attacks killed 32 people at the city’s airport and a metro station in March 2016. After […]

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Belgium: Anger at verdict over black student’s hazing death

June 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

The death of black Belgian student Sanda Dia shocked Dutch-speaking Flanders in 2018. Warning: Some readers may find some of the details in this article upsetting. The 20-year-old student was made to drink excessive amounts […]

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Four suspects charged in probe into European Parliament bribery by Gulf state

December 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

Four people have been charged in an investigation into suspected bribery at the European Parliament by a Gulf state – reportedly Qatar. Greek MEP and European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili was among those previously […]

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Belgium’s ex-King Albert II admits fathering child after DNA test

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Former Belgian King Albert II has admitted he is the father of a woman born from an affair, after he was forced to give a DNA test which came back positive. He had been fighting […]

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Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery

August 30, 2018 World Justice News 0

One of Belgium’s top football TV presenters has been charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery, prosecutors have said. Stéphane Pauwels, who has hosted shows for Belgian and French TV, was arrested as […]

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Salah Abdeslam: Paris suspect attacks ‘anti-Muslim bias’

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

The sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris terror attacks is refusing to speak any further in a Belgian court, where he is on trial over the gunfight that led to his arrest. Salah Abdeslam […]

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Suspected suicide bomber shot at Brussels Central railway station

June 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

Belgian soldiers have shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station, officials say. He was shot after reportedly setting off a small explosion and no-one else is believed to […]

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