White March (Brussels 1996)

When

20 Oct 1996

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

50.85° N, 4.35° E

Description

1996 demonstration in Brussels, Belgium against child murderer and rapist Marc Dutroux

Participants

300000

Cause

Case Dutroux, spaghetti ruling in Belgium

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Demonstration in Belgium

The White March was a demonstration in Brussels on 20 October 1996 after serial killer and criminal Marc Dutroux was arrested. The demonstrators wanted better protection for children and a better functioning justice system that could investigate the Dutroux affair independently. In French, peaceful demonstrations commemorating victims are called "marches blanches".

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