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Pages in category "Perpetrators of atrocities in the Congo Free State" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
Together, Britain and Germany pressured the Congo Free State to put Lothaire on trial, which they eventually did, a first trial was held in the city of Boma. The Free State paid compensation to the British (150,000 francs) and Germans (100,000 francs) and made it impossible by decree to impose martial law or death sentences on European citizens.
Opposition to atrocities in the Congo Free State (1 C, 6 P) P. Perpetrators of atrocities in the Congo Free State (10 P) W. Works based on Heart of Darkness (1 C, 5 P)
Pages in category "Documentary films about the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A popular musician in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed while filming a music video in the conflict-hit eastern town of Goma. The body of Delphin Katembo Vinywasiki, better known as ...
Belgian Congo: Elisabethville Massacre: December 1941: 30-70 Katanga Province: Hema massacre of 1911: 4 December 1911 200+ Ituri Province – By Lendu people against Hema people. [25] Belgian Mission - Congo Genocide: 1890–1910 10–15 millions Congo Free State – By King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of Belgium, against African ...
Drug cartels in Mexico frequently make videos of dead or captured gang members to intimidate or threaten rivals. Mexican police confirm grisly gang video showing bodies kicked, burned and shot ...