Although the international reaction to the Belgian occupation was characterized by a lot of hypocrisy and ignorance, many of the figures of the Congo reform movement continued to fight for humanitarian causes for the rest of their lives, showing that their commitment to universal human rights was deeply sincere. Roger Casement, for example, supported Irish and Egyptian independence. However, Casement’s political positions led him to be arrested for treason. When it was revealed that he was a homosexual, he lost almost all of the powerful allies he’d made in the 1900s. As a result, he was sentenced to death and executed.