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The Grand Parade organised by grassroots political movements Hart Boven Hard and Tout Autre Chose on Sunday drew at least 14,000 people to the Brussels canal zone, according to Brusselnieuws.
With an average of eight rapes per day and hardly any convictions, Belgium has a poor record when it comes to sexual violence.
According to a police estimate, about 1,000 people took part in a rally in Brussels on Sunday afternoon to show support for undocumented migrants.
Federal home affairs minister Jan Jambon has set up a task force to address human trafficking, in an effort to avoid the creation of “a Belgian Calais,” he announced at the weekend.
The Belgian navy ship BNS Godetia is back in the port of Zeebrugge following a successful humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean Sea.
About 1,000 people took to the streets of Brussels on Thursday carrying coffins in a mock funeral procession to mourn the deaths of thousands of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
Belgium’s international development minister, Alexander De Croo, defended the rights of women, gays, lesbians and transgender people in a speech at the United Nations in New York earlier this week
In the framework of the third International Pledging Conference for Syria, Belgium has announced it will free up €20 million to help people in war-torn Syria, as well as those who have fled to nei
In the case of convicted terrorist Nizar Trabelsi’s extradition to the US, the European Court has ruled that Belgium must pay Trabelsi €90,000 in damages for violation of human rights, reports La
