Leopold+II+Case+File

**__ Leopold II Case File __** Genocide 2nd degree from record for security reasons) Roger Casement and his personal investigation donated to the international investigation team. This includes white eye witness accounts, death estimation, and photographs of victims. Belgian official eye witness accounts. Bank account records from 1876-1908 that record money being taken from the Congo State and into Leopold’s personal account. Ex Non Commissioned Officer of the Force Publique (defense) Henry Morton Stanly explorer employed under Leopold II (defense) Roger Casement private investigator (prosecution)
 * __ Charges: __** Crimes against Humanity 1st degree
 * __ Arrested: __** October 25, 1908
 * __ Full Name: __** King Leopold II Ruler of the Belgians, Head of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House
 * __ Reason for Charges: __** After establishing the Congo Free State with the help from explorer Henry Morton Stanley, King Leopold II established rubber plantations in the Congo region in 1876. He extracted the chief resource from rubber trees for export back to Belgium for processing. He enlisted the native population to work on his plantations with minimum pay for their long working days. His consolidation on the region was solidified after the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885 when all the European powers recognized him as the sovereign ruler of the Congo State. The labor camps are under the suspection of horrible mutilation and mass killings of the native population. An estimate was figured by Roger Casement to be around 10 million people were killed from either the harsh conditions found in the work camps or mass murder from the foremen of the camps. This amounts to around 50% of the population that was killed from 1879-1908. Roger Casement, Mark Twain, and E.D. Morel have cried out against Leopold II and have shed light of these suspected activities to the international community. As a result, the Belgian Parliament compelled the King to release his control of the state into their hands June of this year. This was an effort to appeal to the international community and eliminate exploitation and death. King Leopold II was arrested near his home in Brussels September 15, 1908.
 * __ Evidence: __** 1 eye witness account from a former employee (name omitted
 * __ List of Witnesses: __** Black ex employee of rubber plantations (prosecution)
 * __ Plead: __** Not Guilty on all charges
 * __ Notes: __** Remanded with no bail and passport surrendered over. Held in Sing Sing Penitentiary