Demonstrators hold a banner with the portrait of detained Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, as they take part in a solidarity rally organized by Human rights group Amnesty International and a support committee to ask for his liberation, in Brussels on January 22, 2023. (AFP)
Thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels on Sunday to protest against the detention in Iran of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges including spying.
The Belgian government has said the charges are fake.
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