美國黑人喬治．佛洛伊德GF之死,點燃全球 Black Lives Matter 抗爭，許多曾經殖民黑人族裔的西方國家，示威者也紛紛發起「推倒種族主義者雕像」的運動。
其實早在2004年度Statue of Leopold II, Ostend. A hand was cut off in 2004.
在比利時某處公園的雕像被砍下頭顱,但是始終沒有破案,也沒有人及團體發表聲明犯案,在比利時的第二大城市安特衛普，被稱為「殖民暴君」的比利時國王利奧波德二世的雕像，20200609就因為被潑灑紅漆破壞而緊急撤除。抗議的人民舉出標語聲稱,比利時國王利奧波德二世,是不折不扣的偽君子,也是披者羊皮的惡狼,奴役剛果的人民及殺害將近佰萬的剛果人民.
Belgium Removes Burnt-Out Statue Of Colonial King Leopold II, As Statue Takedown Goes Global.
.Belgium Removes Burnt-Out Statue Of Colonial King Leopold II, As Statue Takedown Goes Global
比如警方增強皇宮的保護工作,因為得到情報顯示出,暴民計劃洗劫皇宮進行搶奪?
A statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II, who became ultra wealthy from the enslavement of Congolese people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was removed by the city of Antwerp in Belgium as the movement to remove monuments of racist figures gains momentum around the globe.
- The statue of King Leopold II, who reportedly oversaw the mass killing of 10 million Congolese people while amassing wealth from their work in rubber plantations, has been removed from Antwerp Square by the government after it was painted by protesters on Tuesday.
- Halfway across the world, officials in Texas removed a statue of Texas Rangers Capt. Jay Banks from Dallas International Airport on Tuesday due to the Texas Rangers’ history of racism and brutality against black and Latino people.
作為比利時在位最久國王，利奧波德二世在19世紀打著文明與科學的旗幟，一口吞下了如今的剛果民主共和國全部領土。但在他統治下的剛果，卻有至少百萬黑人慘遭奴役虐殺。
儘管聲稱是要為非洲大陸帶來文明的光亮，但利奧波德二世實際上垂涎的，卻是剛果極其豐富的橡膠、象牙、銅、金屬礦產等珍貴資源。在軟硬並施的手段下，許多當地黑人被連哄帶騙地簽署了不對等契約、或被迫淪為不值一文的殖民經濟勞工。
這些被統治的黑人，被強制規範每日必須達到固定的橡膠採收配額；若未能達標或有所怨懟，則會被利奧波德二世的公安軍，施以「鞭刑」處罰。更有甚者，公安軍甚至會斬斷當事人、或其親屬的手掌，以極其殘忍的手段殺雞儆猴。
根據美國歷史學者與作家（Adam Hochschild），在其知名著作《利奧波德國王的鬼魂》中所稱，在利奧波德二世統治下的剛果，當地有將近一半人口因各種迫害死亡。
利奧波德二世的「屠殺剛果」黑歷史，讓他的雕像存廢，成為比利時近代社會爭辯不止的議題。《利奧波德國王的鬼魂：貪婪、恐懼、英雄主義與比利時的非洲殖民地》19世紀80年代，隨着歐洲列強對非洲的瓜分，比利時國王利奧波德二世奪取了剛果河周圍的遼闊土地。他在剛果實行種族滅絕式的掠奪、壓榨，最終讓這一地區的人口下降了1000萬。與此同時，他卻將自己塑造為一個偉大的人道主義者。霍赫希爾德寫作此書時使用了大量原始資料，向人們娓娓講述了利奧波德二世利欲熏心、駭人聽聞的罪行。該書還用感人至深的筆觸刻畫了那些奮起反抗利奧波德的探險家、蒸汽船船長和軍人等故事。
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Leopold II: Belgium wakes up to its bloody colonial pastInside the palatial walls of Belgiums Africa Museum stand statues of Leopold II - each one a monument to the king whose rule killed as many as 10 million Africans.
利奧波德二世（1835年4月9日－1909年12月17日），全名利奧波德·路易·菲利普·馬里·維克多（法語：Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor；荷蘭語：Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor），1865年繼承父親利奧波德一世成為比利時國王。他是剛果自由邦的創立人和擁有者及不折不扣的偽君子。滿口的人義道德之說,答應剛果的承諾皆是謊言,換來得就是殺戮及掠奪,剛果的各式各樣的資源,運回比利時.
1854年至1865年，利奧波德四處遊歷，去了印度、中國、埃及和地中海沿岸的非洲國家。1865年即位後，比利時和中國清朝簽訂《中比通商條約》。
剛果自由邦實際上是利奧波德二世之私人領地，他通過比利時對剛果進行殖民統治，統治手段很殘酷，對於不聽話的黑人奴工會將其妻兒的手砍斷作為警告，有指近1500萬剛果人慘遭屠殺。LLPMV.他的所作所為與古羅馬著名的暴君尼祿的殘暴統治無異。 1908年剛果正式成為比利時的殖民地。利奧波德在剛果賺取了大量黑心金錢。現時剛果首都金夏沙曾被命名為利奧波德城。
Leopold II (Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, in a completely separate role, the Sovereign of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. During his absolute rule of the Congo, an estimated 10–15 million Africans died[] and conditions there led to an early use of the term "crime against humanity."[
Born in Brussels as the second but eldest surviving son of Leopold I and Louise of Orléans, he succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 and reigned for 44 years until his death – the longest reign of any Belgian monarch. He died without surviving legitimate sons. The current Belgian king descends from his nephew and successor, Albert I.
Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken on his own behalf. He used Henry Morton Stanley to help him lay claim to the Congo, the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, the colonial nations of Europe authorized his claim by committing the Congo Free State to improving the lives of the native inhabitants. Leopold ignored these conditions and ran the Congo using the mercenary Force Publique for his personal gain. He extracted a fortune from the territory, initially by the collection of ivory, and after a rise in the price of rubber in the 1890s, by forced labour from the native population to harvest and process rubber.
Leopolds administration of the Congo was characterised by murder, torture, and atrocities, resulting from notorious systematic brutality. The hands of men, women, and children were amputated when the quota of rubber was not met. These and other facts were established at the time by eyewitness testimony and on-site inspection by an international Commission of Inquiry (1904). Millions of the Congolese people died: modern estimates range from 1 million to 15 million deaths, with a consensus growing around 10 million. Some historians argue against this figure, citing the absence of reliable censuses, the enormous mortality of diseases such as smallpox or sleeping sickness, and the fact that there were only 175 administrative agents in charge of rubber exploitation.[ In 1908, the reports of deaths and abuse induced the Belgian government to take over the administration of the Congo from Leopold.
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20200609比利時的「黑暗之心」國王利奧波德二世的雕像被抗議者潑灑紅油漆,抗議這位殺人魔王,.安特衛普警方目前已經將其雕像卸下清理,並儲存於至市政府的倉庫中,由於美國黑人GF.被警察獰撂至死的案件發酵,除了美國各地的示威,遊行,抗議,暴動外,也直接影響到歐洲大陸,首先是英國發難,將販賣黑奴的商人雕像推倒並丟掉河水中淹沒,其次為比利時,預期法國,德國,荷蘭,意大利,西班牙,葡萄牙等殖民主義的歐洲國家,都會襄繼產生許多的示威,遊行,抗議,暴動事件,看起來民族主義的復興運動,在21世紀將捲土重來,好不熱鬧,且看許多精彩的故事繼續演出,黑人與被壓迫的弱小民族及國家,如何抗爭美國與歐洲諸國.
Belgium Removes Burnt-Out Statue Of Colonial King Leopold II, As Statue Takedown Goes Global.
A statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II, who became ultra wealthy from the enslavement of Congolese people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was removed by the city of Antwerp in Belgium as the movement to remove monuments of racist figures gains momentum around the globe. The statue of King Leopold II, who reportedly oversaw the mass killing of 10 million Congolese people while amassing wealth from their work in rubber plantations, has been removed from Antwerp Square by the government after it was painted by protesters on Tuesday. 20200609.
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