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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/europe/belgium-drc-leopold-ii-regrets-scli-intl/index.html

Belgium's King sends 'regrets' to Congo for Leopold II atrocities — but doesn't apologize

2020-06-30 00:00:00, Rob Picheta, CNN

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6.87 min

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Adept

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13th to 15th

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Philippe is a distant nephew of Leopold II, who owned what was then called Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908 and ruled its people brutally, exploiting their labor and committing atrocities against them.

(CNN)The King of Belgium has sent his "deepest regrets" to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the "suffering and humiliation" his nation inflicted while it colonized the region — but stopped short of apologizing for his ancestor Leopold II's atrocities.

The letter also marks a significant victory for the anti-racism protesters who have been demanding Belgium address its colonial past and remove public monuments to Leopold II.

The colonial period which followed also caused suffering and humiliation," the letter adds, referring to the subsequent 52 years of rule by the Belgian state until Congo's independence and the formation of the DRC.

But Berry College historian Matthew Stanard, who specializes in colonial memory in Belgium, told CNN that a direct acknowledgment of past offences from the royal family is a new concession.

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