Statue of Leopold II, Belgian King Who Brutalized Congo, Is Removed in Antwerp ... The statue was targeted by recent protests against racism and Belgium's ... ... <看更多>
Leopold II remains a controversial figure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His statue in the capital Kinshasa (known until 1966 as Leopoldville in his ...
The Brussels State Secretary for Urbanism and Culture Pascal Smet is willing to remove the statues of former Belgian King Leopold II from Brussels, ...
A bronze statue of colonial Belgian king Leopold II in the centre of Brussels could be melted down and turned into a monument to the ...
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Leopold II statues row: 'There's no pride in genocide,' Belgian ...
Some climbed the statue of Belgium's longest-reigning monarch King Leopold II, who ruled from 1865 to 1909. They chanted "murderer" and called ...
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Call to melt Brussels statue of Belgian king over African ...
A statue of the Belgian king Leopold II, outside the royal palace in Brussels, should be melted down and reforged into a monument to his ...
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Belgians demand removal of King Leopold II statues - CGTN ...
Robert is advocating for the removal of the statues representing Leopold II, especially the most famous one: a giant representation of the king ...
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Explained: Why a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II was ...
Leopold II's statue in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was removed after the country's independence in 1960.
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Campaign launched by teenager to remove statues of Congo ...
Statues of Leopold II were targeted by demonstrators last weekend in several Belgian cities. A bust of the king in Ghent was covered in red ...
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Who was Leopold II, why did Belgium's Antwerp remove his ...
The Belgian port city of Antwerp has taken down a statue of late King Leopold II after it was daubed with paint by anti-racism protesters.
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Belgium removes statue of King Leopold II in wake of Black ...
A bust of Belgium's King Leopold II, is hoisted off of its plinth by a. Following a short ceremony punctuated by readings, Leopold's bust in ...
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Belgium: King Leopold II statue removed in Antwerp after anti ...
A statue of King Leopold II in the Belgian town of Antwerp was removed on Tuesday with its long-term future set for a museum, ...
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Brussels considers melting down statue of King Leopold II
Melting down a statue of King Leopold II, who oversaw Belgium's infamously bloody rule of the Congo, is one proposal by a panel of experts ...
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Monument to King Leopold II (Brussels) - TripAdvisor
This monument stands in tribute to Leopold II, the king of Belgium known in equal measures for being the builder king and for his "harsh administration" of ...
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In DR Congo, King Leopold's statue stoic as ... - France 24
Overlooking Kinshasa from the seclusion of a presidential garden, the statue of Belgian King Leopold II stares over the Congo River far from ...
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Melt down King Leopold II statue and make memorial for ...
Protestors clambered onto the imposing statue of King Leopold II, known as the “butcher of the Congo”, waving a flag of the Democratic Republic ...
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Belgian Princess backs call to pull down statues of colonialist ...
A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium in Antwerp after being set on ... is the great-grand-niece of Leopold II and aunt of the present King ...
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King Leopold Ii Statue Stock Photos and Images - Alamy
Find the perfect king leopold ii statue stock photo. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images.
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Belgium's King Leopold II Statues Targeted Amid Black Lives ...
King Leopold II Statues Across Belgium Targeted Amid Black Lives Matter Protests Abroad ... The monarch was responsible for unspeakable atrocities ...
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Who was Belgian King Leopold II and why is his statue being ...
A bust of former Belgian King Leopold II has been taken off public display in the city of Ghent as Belgium marked the 60th anniversary of the ...
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Belgians Target Some Royal Monuments In Black Lives Matter ...
Statues of King Leopold II, who oversaw the brutal colonization and exploitation of Congo, have been vandalized in different cities around the ...
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Belgium has Come up With a Plan to Decolonise All Major ...
King Leopold II statue, Brussels ... The country wants to get rid of statues like those that glorify King Leopold II. Ed Cunningham.
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King Leopold II statue in Antwerp removed following ...
City authorities in Antwerp have removed a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II after it was daubed in paint and set on fire.
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Historic Belgian King Leopold II statue removed in Antwerp ...
A long-controversial statue of former Belgian King Leopold II has been taken down after it was set on fire last week during global unrest ...
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King Leopold II statues targeted Black Lives Matter protests ...
Why King Leopold II statues have been targeted during Black Lives Matter protests in Belgium. The Belgian monarch was founder and owner of ...
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About: King Leopold II statue (Ostend) - DBpedia
King Leopold II of Belgium was commemorated here as a benefactor of Ostend and the Belgian Congo. The inauguration was on 19 July 1931. The statue was ...
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Should we remove statues of Congo's coloniser king, Belgian ...
A Brussels councillor has urged a debate on what to do with statues of Belgian King Leopold II, the brutal coloniser of what is now the ...
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King Leopold II statue removed after Belgian protesters set it ...
A statue of former Belgian King Leopold II was removed by officials in the city of Antwerp on Tuesday after Black Lives Matter protesters ...
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How Belgium is being forced to confront the bloody legacy of ...
A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is pictured on June 4, 2020 in Antwerp after being set on fire the night before as a petition was ...
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King Leopold II attacked with red paint | VRT NWS: news
A statue of a mounted King Leopold II has been attacked with red paint in the seaside resort of Ostend. Members of the action group “De ...
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Belgium: Statue of Leopold II removed in Antwerp - Anadolu ...
Belgians protest legacy of former king, notorious for cruelty in Belgian colony - Anadolu Agency.
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In Belgian town, Monuments Expose a Troubled Colonial ...
A statue of former Belgian King Leopold II has been vandalized, in the park of the Africa Museum, in Tervuren, near Brussels, Belgium, ...
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Statue of King Leopold II could be melted down as Belgium ...
A statue of the controversial king Leopold II in Brussels could be removed and melted down as Belgian authorities consider how to deal with ...
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Belgian campaigners want all King Leopold II statues removed
Activists in Belgium have targeted statues of King Leopold II in several cities as part of the Black Lives Matter protest movement sweeping ...
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Listening | King Leopold II Statue - Breaking News English
READING: Anti-racism protestors in Antwerp, Belgium covered a statue of former King Leopold II in paint. The city then pulled the statue down. The king ruled ...
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Belgians want statue of genocidal King Leopold II removed
Inspired by global protests at the death of unarmed black American George Floyd, some 30,000 people in Belgium have signed two petitions to ...
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Black Lives Matter protesters in Belgium want statues of ...
BRUSSELS — For nearly a century, a statue of Belgian King Léopold II has stood sentinel in front of the royal palace in the center of ...
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Leopold II: 1873-2020 | Middelheim Museum
On 9 June 2020, a statue of King Leopold II (1835-1909) was removed from the public space of Ekeren, Antwerp, where it had stood since 1873.
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Antwerp removes torched statue of colonial-era King Leopold
Authorities in Antwerp removed a statue of the former Belgian king and colonial ruler Leopold II on Tuesday after it was set on fire in ...
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AFP News Agency on Twitter: "A statue of King Leopold II of ...
A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is defaced in Brussels. Statues of Leopold have long been a target of activists because of his record of brutal ...
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Activists remove statue of Belgium's King Leopold II in Brussels
On Tuesday a statue of Leopold was taken down in Antwerp after it was vandalised by protesters. T ...
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Belgium takes down statue, king regrets colonial violence
A vandalized statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is removed on the 60th anniversary of Congolese Independence, Ghent, June 30, 2020. (AFP).
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Antwerp Statue of King Leopold II Removed After Being ...
A statue of Belgian King Leopold II was removed Tuesday in Antwerp after protesters painted it red then lit it on fire.
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King Leopold, I Presume? | Lapham's Quarterly
The latest Leopold II statue, however, was created only in 1998, the center of a sculpture fountain outside Brussels.
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Belgium likely to remove all Leopold II statues - EURACTIV.com
A statue of former Belgian King Leopold II that was set on fire last week in Antwerp has been removed to be restored and put in a museum in ...
#52.
Activists remove statue of Belgian colonial King Leopold II in ...
A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II was removed from its plinth by activists in Brussels during Thursday night. A Reuters journalist found ...
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A 150-year-old statue of King Leopold... - The New York Times
Statue of Leopold II, Belgian King Who Brutalized Congo, Is Removed in Antwerp ... The statue was targeted by recent protests against racism and Belgium's ...
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Belgium takes down statue, king regrets colonial violence
The removal of King Leopold II's statue took place only hours after Philippe's letter was published. The monarch, who ruled Belgium from ...
#55.
Alderweireld 'honoured' by statue petition for Spurs star to ...
... after residents of his home town of Ekeren began a petition to erect a statue of him to replace that former king of Belgium Leopold II.
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BLOG: As Leopold II Statues Fall, How Do We 'Educate ...
Statue of Leopold II of Belgium (2020) (wikimedia commons) ... to Adam Hochschild's popular book King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, ...
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City officials in Belgian city of Ghent remove ... - Spectrum News
BRUSSELS (AP) — City officials in Belgian city of Ghent remove King Leopold II statue on Congo's Independence Day.
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'The time for plaques is over': Leopold II ... - Yahoo News UK
A statue of Belgian king Leopold II has been removed by local authorities in Antwerp – in a move which a city guide says councils across the ...
#59.
Planned Demolition Of King Leopold II In Belgium For His Past ...
After protesters in Bristol England tore down a statue of the 17th century slave trader, Edward Colston, now it is the turn of the statue of Belgian King ...
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King Leopold II: The Reign of Colonialism and Racism
Students have signed petitions saying that these statues must be removed as they represent the rape and killings of millions of Congolese.
#61.
King Leopold's ghost: George Floyd sparks protest in Belgium
Workers clean graffiti from a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II in Brussels on June 11, 2020. Leopold is increasingly seen as a stain on ...
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King Leopold II statue vandalised and removed in Belgium
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Protests Targeting Colonial Statues in the UK and Belgium ...
Workers prepare to take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan in ... A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is pictured on June 4, ...
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Congo's 60th Anniversary of Independence, a Time of ...
Brussels, Belgium, June 2020. A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II, which had been defaced by protesters and then cleaned, was scrawled ...
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Belgian King Leopold II statues draw focus in protests - La ...
Brussels, Jun 8 (efe-epa).- The death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis has ignited anti-racist movements ...
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Leopold Ii Statue King Of The Belgians Stock Photo
Brussels, Belgium - July 14, 2014: Equestrial statue of king Leopold II inaugurated 1926 made by the scuptor Thomas Vinçotte and the ...
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King Leopold II ruled Congo as a private slave state - iNews
Belgium's most prominent black politician, Pierre Kompany, says the statue of King Leopold II in Brussels should have gone long ago.
#68.
Statue of colonialist King Leopold II falls in Belgium as ...
Statue of colonialist King Leopold II falls in Belgium as protesters demand end to glorification of slave-traders.
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As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past
In this June 10, 2020 photo, a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is smeared with paint and graffiti in the center of Brussels.
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File:King Leopold II statue Ostend.png - Wikimedia Commons
English. Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. français. Statue équestre du roi Léopold II de Belgique (Ostende) ...
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'The time for plaques is over': Leopold II statue ... - TheJournal.ie
A STATUE OF Belgian king Leopold II has been removed by local authorities in Antwerp – in a move which a city guide says councils across the ...
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Statue of Leopold II – Terror on Troonplein - Spotted by Locals
Congo is Belgium's colony. Patrice Lumumba (who will become the first prime minister of the independent Congo in 1960) is visiting Belgium.
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City officials in Belgian city of Ghent remove King Leopold II ...
City officials in Belgian city of Ghent remove King Leopold II statue on Congo's Independence Day. ByThe Associated Press.
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As Leopold II statues fall, how do we 'educate ourselves' about ...
In Belgium, officials are removing public statues of Leopold II in ... the revelatory experience of Congo history in King Leopold's Ghost ...
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Belgium: Statue of late King Leopold II vandalised by ...
A bust of Leopold II, the Belgian king who has been held responsible for the deaths of millions of Congolese, was reportedly vandalised for ...
#76.
King Leopold II: A Bloody Legacy written in Marble
The statue: King Leopold II · Leopold looking out over the park · Map of the Congo Territories under Leopold's personal rule, 1904. · Royal ...
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As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past - Los ...
A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is smeared with paint and graffiti in the center of Brussels. (Virginia Mayo / Associated Press). By ...
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Belgian petition wants to replace damaged statue of King ...
King Leopold II has long been a divisive part of Belgian history; he essentially annexed the Congo in the late 1800s and ran a brutal ...
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A violent legacy: Belgian King Leopold II statues draw focus in ...
A violent legacy: Belgian King Leopold II statues draw focus in protests | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE.
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Equestrian statue of Leopold ll in Ostend Belgium
The two groups represent the 'grateful Congolese people' because Leopold II had 'liberated them from the slavery by the Arabs' and the other group representing ...
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Defaced statue of Belgian colonial king Leopold II taken away ...
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 ...
#82.
Black Lives Matter Protesters in U.K. and Belgium Target ...
A similar situation has unfolded in Belgium, where demonstrators have targeted statues of King Leopold II in cities across the country.
#83.
Inspired by US Protests, Some Belgians Want Colonial King ...
A statue of Belgian King Leopold II is seen near Brussels' Royal Palace ... to remove statues of the country's colonial-era King Leopold II, ...
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Another Statue of a European Slaver Has Been Toppled - VICE
2020年6月9日 — A statue of King Leopold II in Antwerp has been taken down by Belgian authorities.
#85.
Belgians call for removal of statues of colonial leader - RTE
... signed two petitions to remove statues of the country's colonial-era King Leopold II, whose troops decimated Congo in the late 1800s.
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PROTESTS: Belgian city removes statue of despot king ...
The Belgian city of Antwerp on Tuesday (June 9) confirmed removing a statue of colonial-era leader, King Leopold II. The move comes days.
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On toppling statues - EUobserver
Belgian police guard the statue of King Leopold II in central Brussels, Tuesday 30 June (Photo: Eszter Zalan). By Adam Hochschild.
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Who Is Worth a Statue? - The International Center for ...
... mostly young activists have defaced statues of King Leopold II with ... Little did she know that statues and historical monuments more ...
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King Leopold II - Racist statues are falling around the world
Across Belgium, statues of Leopold II have been defaced in half a dozen cities because of the king's brutal rule over the Congo, ...
#90.
A Story of Monuments, Culture, and Memory in Colonial Europe
In September 2008, artist Théophile de Giraud climbed up the large equestrian statue to King Leopold II of Belgium (r.
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Who was Leopold II and why was his statue taken down? | World
KING LEOPOLD II is the latest historical figure to have a statue of his likeness removed from the public, with Black Lives Matter protests ...
#92.
The Truth About Leopold II and Why His Statues Must Go
A movement has risen that demands the removal of all King Leopold II statues. The former King colonized the Congo Free State and murdered ...
#93.
Defaced statue of Belgian colonial king is removed following ...
A statue of King Leopold II in Tervuren, near Brussels that was damaged during protests inspired by the death of George Floyd has been removed for ...
#94.
King Leopold II Statue Removed by Belgian Authorities Amid ...
The statue of the colonialist, who murdered an estimated 10 million Africans in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
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In DR Congo, King Leopold's Statue Stoic As ... - Barron's
Overlooking Kinshasa from the seclusion of a presidential garden, the statue of Belgian King Leopold II stares over the Congo River far from ...
king leopold ii statue 在 A 150-year-old statue of King Leopold... - The New York Times 的必吃
Statue of Leopold II, Belgian King Who Brutalized Congo, Is Removed in Antwerp ... The statue was targeted by recent protests against racism and Belgium's ... ... <看更多>