Mixed reactions to conviction of ex-Gambian minister; sexual violence charges dismissed
"The conviction of Ousman Sonko, one of the pillars of Yahya Jammeh’s brutal regime, is a major step on the...
"The conviction of Ousman Sonko, one of the pillars of Yahya Jammeh’s brutal regime, is a major step on the...
The court of three judges and nine jurors, delivered the final verdict Wednesday evening following more than eight hours of...
“I am asking you that Mr. Kamara should be acquitted after this hearing. I am asking you to acquit him...
In a packed courtroom, presiding judge Jean-Marc Lavergne told the court neither claim was valid.
Mr Kamara is seeking to overturn his conviction and 30-year prison sentence handed down by a jury in November 2022.
Many of the witnesses who had testified in both Messrs Kamara and Kosiah’s trials told the court of the trauma...
Mr Kamara is hoping this new court, with three new judges, and nine new jurors, will come to a different...
The judge read out a long list of the crimes for which Mr Kosiah had been found guilty including dozens...
The court heard how Ulimo had destroyed the county’s referral hospital, raped and murdered dozens of citizens, including chopping open...
They cut here,” she said pointing to her upper leg and her upper arm, “and they put it in the...
“Kosiah has always said that that it is an injustice that he is being pursued but no one is pursuing...
“If a man left home they were not sure he would come back,” Mr Stewart told the court. “If a...
Witnesses detail the horrors of the war and the Truth and Reconciliation process after the fighting ended.
Mr Kamara, a former rebel commander, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the lower court.
Mr Massaquoi is the first of six alleged perpetrators to face trial in Liberia’s civil wars to be acquitted.
Mr Currat said prosecutors had not provided sufficient evidence linking Mr Sonko to the violations for which he is accused.
Mr Sonko is currently on trial for alleged crimes against humanity carried out in Gambia during ex-President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year...
The Swiss Attorney General’s office, along with 10 plaintiffs from Gambia, is accusing Mr Sonko of torture, murder, false imprisonment,...
Mr Sonko denied wrongdoing and argued that he neither exercised administrative nor operational oversight over the prisons.
The Swiss Attorney General’s office, along with 10 plaintiffs from Gambia, is accusing Mr Sonko of torture, murder, false imprisonment,...
It is not just Gambians hoping for justice in this case.
Mr Sonko faces charges of murder, rape, false imprisonment, torture, among others.
Another defence witness told the Court on Thursday that Gibril Massaquoi did come to Liberia for peace talks to end...
Prosecutors say the alleged crimes were committed between June and August 2003.
“Defence 10” told the Turku Court of Appeal of Finland that Gibril Massaquoi was taken into the house as a...
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