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Belgium breached international law in 2017 when it deported a Sudanese man to Khartoum without determining the risks he might have faced upon return, according to a ruling by the European Court of

An asylum seeker takes shelter outside the immigration office in Brussels (BELGA)
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Belgium is not yet adequately protecting human rights, according to anti-discrimination organisation unia, the Belgian Federal Migration Centre (Myria) and the country’s Anti-Poverty, Risk and Soc

llustration picture shows refugees outside the WTC tower in Brussels where the Red Cross provides shelter for refugees. (BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS)
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The Belgian state has been condemned by the Brussels Court of First Instance for not directly offering reception to asylum seekers who had electronically informed the Aliens Office (AO) that they

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Seven human rights organisations in Belgium are co-operating on a campaign targeted at ending ethnic profiling in police departments.

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There were 76 reports made of the Brussels police using excessive force during the coronavirus lockdown.

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The siblings of Tine Nys, who died 10 years ago after requesting euthanasia, are appealing the case they fought in court last month.

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The Belgian section of an international group campaigning for prisoners' rights has strongly criticised conditions in the prison of Saint-Gilles.

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A local chapter of the international human rights organisation Amnesty International has renamed the avenue Franklin Roosevelt into the avenue Jamal Khashoggi.

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A new street being laid in Brussels will be named after Belgian equal rights lawyer Eliane Vogel-Polsky.

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