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📰 Article 1 — Dutroux, Zandvoort: When Institutions Protect the Perpetrators There are cases that should never be forgotten. Not because they are fascinating. But because they reveal something unbearable about the world we live in: that children can be tortured, raped, and killed—and that their perpetrators can be protected by the very people who should be prosecuting them.   The Dutroux case began in 1996 as a news item and turned into a political and judicial earthquake. In 2004, Marc Dutroux was sentenced to life in prison for the abductions, rapes, and murders of young girls and...

Repression, Bans, Sainte-Soline: France Beating Down Its Own Citizens There is a line that democracies should never cross: using state force not to protect citizens, but to silence them. France has crossed it. Several times. And the images are there to prove it. March 2023, Sainte-Soline. A protest against the mega-reservoirs. 200 protesters injured, 40 of them seriously. Injuries included fractures, lacerations, burns, hearing loss, and the loss of an eye. Two protesters were in critical condition and placed in a coma. A bloodbath. Wikipedia In November 2025, Mediapart and Libération...