Inspired by global protests at the death of unarmed black American George Floyd, some 30,000 people in Belgium have signed two petitions to remove statues of the country's colonial-era King Leopold II, whose troops decimated Congo in the late 1800s.
A person wearing a protective face mask walks past the statue of Belgian King Leopold II, near Brussels' Royal Palace, in Brussels, Belgium June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
The online petitions, one of which was started by a 14-year-old boy on photo-sharing app Instagram, demand the removal of the monuments across Brussels and a bust in the city of Halle. His petition in French and Dutch on change.org calls for the removal by end-June, saying Leopold II has no place in multicultural Brussels, which bills itself as the capital of Europe.
In the Belgian city of Ghent, a bust of Leopold II was covered in red paint and daubed with “I can’t breathe”, words spoken by Floyd as he was pinned down by the neck, according to photos posted on Twitter. Another statue was set on fire near the city of Antwerp, Belgian media said.
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