- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Anti-establishment author Theophile de Giraud pictured as he puts red paint on the head of the statue of King Leopold II of Belgium, on the Troonplein - Place du Trone, in the center of Brussels, Tuesday 09 September 2008. With his action, the writer wants to protest against the massacres in Congo during King Leopold s private owership of the former Belgian colony DRC Congo. HERWIGxVERGULT x10321541x

- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Anti-establishment author Theophile de Giraud pictured as he puts red paint on the head of the statue of King Leopold II of Belgium, on the Troonplein - Place du Trone, in the center of Brussels, Tuesday 09 September 2008. With his action, the writer wants to protest against the massacres in Congo during King Leopold s private owership of the former Belgian colony DRC Congo. HERWIGxVERGULT x10321541x

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- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Anti-establishment author Theophile de Giraud pictured as he puts red paint on the head of the statue of King Leopold II of Belgium, on the Troonplein - Place du Trone, in the center of Brussels, Tuesday 09 September 2008. With his action, the writer wants to protest against the massacres in Congo during King Leopold s private owership of the former Belgian colony DRC Congo. HERWIGxVERGULT x10321541x

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