The fate of the Belgian humanitarian imprisoned in Iran now worries far beyond the circle of his friends and family. At least 1,200 people gathered in Brussels this Sunday.
By Pauline Hofman
LEyes watered and mouths twisted as they heard the stride chanting, “Free Olivier! Free Oliver! Never had the Vandecasteele family been so surrounded. Then the emotion overflowed a little. This Sunday, on the Place de l’Albertine in Brussels, at least 1,200 people gathered to support and demand the release of Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian humanitarian imprisoned in Iran for eleven months.
“We are not alone and Olivier is not alone! “, is surprised and moved Marie Van Reet on the improvised podium. “Do you know Oliver? – No. Many of these hundreds of people were there just out of conviction, because the story of this Tournaisian upset them to the point of freezing for a few hours at the bottom of the Mont des arts on this Sunday in January.
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