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Noun
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In December 2024, a Belgian court ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women after they were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024 -
However, the apology did not follow with any concrete proposals for some form of reparations for victims/survivors.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Reports of summary executions and sectarian reprisals were limited, perhaps due, in part, to the way much of the Syrian army ceded territory without a fight.—
Sam Heller,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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Eventually the family decided to leave the country, fearing government reprisals.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
12 Dec. 2024
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