Thursday July 6th 1911 The Kings Liege

by Conor Kelly, 9 Jun 2009

Roger Casement becomes Sir Roger Casement in honour of his human rights investigations into atrocities committed under colonial rule in the Congo and the Amazon Basin. He instigates the publication of two offical Blue Book documents indicting both the government of King Leopold II’s Belgian Congo in Africa and British-owned rubber merchants The Peruvian Amazon Company in the Putumayo region, Although uncomfortable with the appointment Casement becomes a celebrated figurehead for human rights in Britain and abroad.