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Brussels - The Monuments of Belgium's Colonial Past

A group of academics and activists were asked by the regional government of brussels to figure out how to deal with monuments of belgium's colonial past. The report found that there are at least 70 public landmarks named after colonial figures, including king leopold. People have been spray painting various statues of leopold for years in protest that he is mostly uncritically memorialized in public spaces withinBelgium.

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