War-crimes charges to be filed 50 years after Lumumba's assassination
BRUSSELS — Activists plan to file a civil suit alleging war crimes by a dozen former Belgian officials they say participated in the assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba 50 years ago, a Brussels lawyer who heads the legal team said Monday.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:22 PM, socialismorbarbarism < socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/opinion/17hochschild.html
>
> Very good. It would have been nice to see something like this in The
> New York Times 50 years ago. But it wouldn't be The New York Times
> then, would it? ;)
>