The Belgian king refused to apologize for his country's colonial atrocities in Congo. During the 1880s, Belgium had turned Congo into a labor camp where people's hands and feet were chopped and women were raped.
We're often told that time heals everything, but that's not always true. Time cannot heal colonial crimes, for instance, Congo has not healed from the torture of Belgium's rule. Let me tell you about the Congo story, between 1885 and 1960, 10 million Congolese Died, rather they were killed by Belgium's policies, Be it through forced labor or famines. Belgium orchestrated human rights abuse of the worst kind in Congo and Belgium is not sorry like Britain too. Belgium too has just regrets to offer for its colonial crimes. Listen to his speech, Philippe of Belgium, he said, and I quote: "On the occasion of my trip to Congo, right here, in front of the Congolese people and those who today are still suffering, I wish to reaffirm my deepest regrets for those past wounds. This is Belgium’s King Phillipe, He was speaking during his first visit to Congo, and this is King Leopold II. He wants ruled Belgium. This was between 1885 and 1908, from the day Leopold II came to power, He made Congo, his personal property. Congo was turned into a labor camp. People were forced to Grow rubber, and Everyone was given a quota to meet. While the harvest made Leopold II richer, Back in Congo, people's hands were cut off from not meeting their quota. If a family failed to produce enough natural rubber, the hands of women and children were cut off too. Those who resisted the atrocities had their feet cut off here too, Belgian troops did not spare women and children apparently chopping off limbs was Belgium's way of proving their superiority over the Congolese. Women were raped and tormented and Leopold II oversaw these atrocities.

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