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Over 64,000 people signed an
petition on Tuesday. They want
people to know about what happened in the Congo. The
said: "In the
of 23 years, this man killed more than 10 million Congolese without ever having set foot in the Congo." A newspaper said these deaths led to the
use of the
, "crime against
". Leopold made a huge personal
from the rubber plantations he owned. Over 8,000 people signed a different petition. They believe he was not a "
king". They say the people who ran the Congo caused the
of deaths.
