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October 8, 2010

US Professor Accuses Belgian Police of Abuse
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A Holland-based US professor and activist is accusing police in Belgium
of abusing her as part of a crackdown on a recent protest for migrant
rights. Dr. Marianne Maeckelbergh of Holland’s University of Leiden says
she was taking pictures of the "No Border Camp" in Brussels when she was
arrested. Maeckelbergh says Belgian police dragged her by her hair,
chained her to a radiator, kicked her, and subjected her to verbal abuse
as well as threats of sexual assault.



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