{"id":68891,"date":"2020-07-19T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/07\/19\/taken-from-their-mothers-in-colonial-belgium-mixed-race-women-sue-for-compensation-2\/"},"modified":"2020-07-19T14:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:44:57","slug":"taken-from-their-mothers-in-colonial-belgium-mixed-race-women-sue-for-compensation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/taken-from-their-mothers-in-colonial-belgium-mixed-race-women-sue-for-compensation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taken from their mothers in colonial Belgium, mixed-race women sue for compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"kMlNiPAc1eBReRwauQn\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As colonial symbols come under scrutiny in Belgium, five mixed-race women have sued the Belgian state for &#8220;crimes against humanity&#8221;. 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