00:00A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice
00:09Lumumba has appealed the decision.
00:12His lawyers confirmed on Friday a novice diplomat at the time, Etienne Davignon, is the only person still alive among
00:1910 Belgians accused by the Congolese leader's family of complicity in his murder.
00:25Davignon was ordered earlier this month to stand trial for participation in war crimes over his role in the unlawful
00:33detention and transfer of Lumumba, considered a prisoner of war at the time and for him being denied a fair
00:40trial.
00:41The one-time European commissioner is also accused of humiliating and degrading treatments, although not of direct involvement in Lumumba's
00:50killing.
00:50Lumumba, who is an outspoken critic of Belgium's colonial rule, became his country's first prime minister after it gained independence
00:59in 1960.
01:00But he fell out with the former colonial power and with the United States and was ousted in a coup
01:05a few months after taking office.
01:07He was executed on General 17, 1961.
01:11He was executed on General 17, 1961.
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