(Brussels Times) Uncertainty about whether those standing trial for their role in the 22 March 2016 terror attacks in Brussels should be subject to systematic strip searches has been cleared up as the Federal Police chief stated that any nude search must be preceded by an individual security assessment.
Last Thursday, the Brussels French-speaking court ruled that six men on trial may no longer be strip-searched every day without good reason. If carried out without a clear reason, systematic nude searches constitute degrading treatment and therefore violate the European Convention on Human Rights, the judge ruled.
The government was given eight days to comply with the ruling.
