White March
White March (Dutch: Witte Mars , French: Marche Blanche ), is the name of a protest movement that called for the fight against pedophilia after the crimes of Marc Dutroux and other sexual offenses against children in Belgium became known . It was triggered by the dismissal of Judge Jean-Marc Connerotte as chairman of the Dutroux case for having attended a charity dinner for the families of the Dutroux victims. There he had received a pen and a portion of spaghetti. This made the scandal known as the "spaghetti affair" in Belgium. Both were seen as an indication that the judge was biased. The Belgian public was indignant because Connerotte was instrumental in the liberation of the only surviving victims in the Dutroux case: Sabine Dardenne and Laetitia, and was therefore greatly respected by the people.
The White March organized a demonstration in Brussels in October 1996 , attended by more than 300,000 people.
In Switzerland there is a movement of the same name, organized in the Marche Blanche association . In August 2011, the founder of the association announced that the association would dissolve.
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- ↑ Reuters: 275,000 in Belgium Protest Handling of Child Sex Scandal. In: nytimes.com. NY Times, October 1, 1996, accessed November 3, 2019 .
- ^ "My mission is over" in: Tages-Anzeiger from August 5, 2011