(Belga) Belgium’s Court of Cassation has rejected the government’s appeals against earlier rulings that ordered the release of Nizar Trabelsi, a former Tunisian footballer who was convicted of terrorism offences in 2004. This leaves the Belgian state with no legal grounds on […]
(Belga) In response to concerns raised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the Belgian ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice have confirmed that the country has no intention of transferring terrorists to Iran. The NCRI, a branch of the […]
(Belga) The federal government has approved a preliminary draft law that bans the activities of radical organisations in Belgium. The text introduces a mechanism that can ban certain organisations that pose a serious threat to national security and the democratic order. “The […]
(Belga) 18 per cent of the threat reports received by the Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) in 2024 involved minors. There is also “rapid radicalisation among minors,” the organisation says in its annual report published on Thursday. According to CUTA, the […]
(Belga) The Court of Appeal in Antwerp has handed down prison sentences of up to six years for the foiled assassination attempt on Belgium’s current prime minister, Bart De Wever. The group’s leader was sentenced to six years in prison and a […]
(Belga) Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) received fewer reports of threats that could be linked to terrorism or extremism last year. The government body announced this in a press release on Friday. CUTA counted 287 threat reports last year, 13 […]
(Belga) A suspect involved in the terrorist attack in Brussels on 16 October 2023, in which two Swedish football fans were killed, has been arrested at Malaga airport. The man is believed to have supplied the weapon used by the attacker. On […]
(Belga) Belgian-Lebanese activist Dyab Abou Jahjah plans to take legal action over threatening social media posts from an Israeli minister, who referred to Israel’s pager attack against Hezbollah. The threat comes shortly after Abou Jahjah and his organisation Hind Rajab Foundation filed […]
(Belga) The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office has 13 open cases involving Belgian suspects accused of participating in the genocide of Yazidis. Attacks were carried out by the terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq in 2014. This information was confirmed by […]
(Belga) The Brussels Court of Assizes will rule on the damages awarded to the victims of the terrorist attacks of 22 March 2016 in Brussels and Zaventem on Thursday. The judgment marks the end of a long legal process. The sentencing part […]
(Belga) The Bruges correctional court has sentenced a 26-year-old Chechen man from West Flanders to 15 years’ prison and a 10-year supervision order for attempted terrorist murder. Abubakar S and his wife, who has been jailed for eight years, planned to carry […]
(Belga) Belgium’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday demanded 15 years in prison for Elias E.A., 21, for leading a terrorist group that planned to assassinate the mayor of Antwerp. His five accomplices face prison sentences of between five and 12 years. The suspects, […]
(Belga) Six people were injured in clashes between people of Kurdish and Turkish origin in Limburg on Sunday. Police will increase surveillance at the site of the riots and at nearby schools and mosques in the coming weeks. Five people were lightly […]
(Belga) The four people detained in an anti-terrorist operation in Belgium on Sunday were planning to attack the Botanique concert hall in Brussels, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Three underage suspects and one adult were detained on Sunday during an […]
(Belga) A 31-year-old Belgian man listed in an international terrorist database was denied entry to the Philippines at Manila airport, according to a statement released on Monday by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration. The man was turned away on 7 February after […]
(Belga) A man was charged and detained in Paris on Thursday as part of the investigation into the 16 October attack in Brussels that killed two Swedish fans. Four suspects have now been charged in France, the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (PNAT) […]
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