(Brussels Times) On Saturday, the FPS Justice announced that they would be appealing a recent ruling that banned the daily strip searches, which the defendants on trial for the Brussels terror attacks were forced to endure. This appeal is said to have been demanded by the Federal Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne.
Since the start of [the] Brussels terror attacks trial, which attempts to bring those having orchestrated the March 2016 bombings to justice, proceedings have been disrupted over defendants’ complaints of mistreatment.
They alleged having been forced to endure daily strip searches during their [transfer] to court, for which they sued the Belgian state.
