Author: Anthony Stephens

Lawyers for victims of the 1990 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church massacre by Armed Forces of Liberia troops under the rule of then-president Samuel Doe, have described this month’s ruling by the Ecowas Community Court of Justice against their clients as “disappointing.” The court said it had no jurisdiction to look in the merits of the case against the Liberian government because the slaughter of an estimated 600 men, women and children, predated the court’s establishment in 2005. The ruling dashed the hopes of victims and survivors of the carnage during Liberia’s first civil war.

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MONROVIA, Liberia—In December 2022, after 10 months of abuse and exploitation as a housemaid in Oman, Kemah was excited to hear that the Liberian government was finally coming to her rescue. Kemah was one of more than 300 women allegedly duped into traveling to Oman under false promises of good jobs as part of the largest trafficking ring uncovered in Liberia to date.

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Liberia has lost a human trafficking case, four months after being downgraded to tier 2 watchlist in the 2024 annual U.S. government’s Trafficking in Persons report, amid warning by U.S. officials of a cut in “nonessential aid” if the country continues to underwhelming perform in tackling the issue.

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In a blow to victims and survivors of the brutal 1990 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church massacre in Liberia, the Ecowas Community Court of Justice has thrown out their case against the Liberian government. The court has ruled it lacks jurisdiction to hear their complaint which accused the Liberian government of dereliction of duty for failing to prosecute of those responsible for the mass murder.

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MONROVIA, Liberia —A whirl of speculation has again clouded the work of the special presidential committee tasked with shortlisting candidates for the position of Executive Director of Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts of Liberia after Daniel Sando, Deputy Information Minister, told a weekly press conference last Thursday “that there are eight candidates who have been shortlisted.”

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MONROVIA, Liberia —A whirl of speculation has clouded the work of the special presidential committee tasked with shortlisting candidates for the position of Executive Director of Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts of Liberia. Daniel Sando, Deputy Information Minister, told a weekly press conference last Thursday “that there are eight candidates who have been shortlisted.”

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