Finnish court upholds acquittal of Sierra Leonean warlord charged with war crimes
Mr Massaquoi is the first of six alleged perpetrators to face trial in Liberia’s civil wars to be acquitted.
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Mr Massaquoi is the first of six alleged perpetrators to face trial in Liberia’s civil wars to be acquitted.
“He (Massaquoi) used to catch people and put them in the house and burn them,” said Soldier 13.
The witness told the court that he got to know Mr Massaquoi in Lofa when the RUF soldiers entered Liberia.
Massaquoi has denied all the charges.
Says he gave “shoot and kill” orders at Waterside.
During convicted war criminal Alieu Kosiah’s appeal hearing in Switzerland this month two witnesses claimed to have been threatened by ...
The four-judge Finnish panel hears testimony in a secret location in Liberia in the trial of Gibril Massaquoi.
The witness repeats claims by three witnesses who testified that in 2001 Massaquoi had ordered seven women burned alive.
Mr Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean, is charged with rape, torture and crimes against humanity.
