Liberia: Court dismisses rebel commander’s claim he was underage when crimes happened
In a packed courtroom, presiding judge Jean-Marc Lavergne told the court neither claim was valid.
Tag: Foya
Liberia: Former rebel commander confirms humans killed, cut into pieces, sold in Foya
Many of the witnesses who had testified in both Messrs Kamara and Kosiah’s trials told the court of the trauma ...
Kosiah Challenges Legitimacy of ”White” Court to Judge Him Over Liberian War Crimes
After several days of testimony by plaintiffs that alleged he was responsible for crimes of rape, murder, cannibalism, torture and ...
French Court sentences Liberian warlord to life imprisonment
A French court has convicted and sentenced Liberian warlord Kunti Kamara to life in prison for complicity in crimes against ...
“No doubt whatsoever, that’s him,” victim tells judge in Paris war crimes trial
Kunti Kamara is confronted by an alleged victim in day 5 of his Paris trial.
‘Kosiah sat near bucket with human hearts’, plaintiff tells court
Kosiah is the first Liberian to be tried for war crimes in connection to the Liberian Civil War, which killed ...
Kosiah ‘ordered teacher butchered, eaten’, alleged victim tells court
Mr Kosiah is accused of murder, cannibalism, sexual enslavement, recruitment of child-soldiers, forced labour and looting in Lofa.
