Author: Mae Azango

Gibril Massaquoi in detention in Finland consults with Paula Sallinen, one of his defense lawyers, during his trial Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Paula Sallinen, one of Gibril Massaquoi’s Defense lawyers is now in Freetown, Sierra Leone, leading the defense case for Mr. Massaquoi. Nineteen witnesses will appear in the Sierra Leone sessions of the trial – all of them defense witnesses.

The four judge panel from Finland hearing the case against Gibril Massaquoi Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – A defense witness in the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi told the Finnish court holding hearings here that he fought with the Revolutionary United Front in Lofa County in 2001 but Massaquoi was not with them.

Gibril Massaquoi remains in Finland during the Sierra Leone hearings in his war crimes trial. Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The hearings in the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi got underway on Tuesday after a two week delay because of judges’ illness. The court, held at a secret location, as it had been in Monrovia, heard from three witnesses – a woman and two men. Defense and prosecution teams tried to establish whether Massaquoi could have been in Liberia to commit crimes in 2003 as many Liberian witnesses claimed but while Massaquoi was under witness protection in…

Two of the four judges in the Massaquoi trial have been ill with typhoid delaying Freetown hearings Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The Finnish court trying Sierra Leonean Gibril Massaquoi for war crimes allegedly committed in Liberia has delayed hearings by nearly two weeks because of acute illness of two of the four judges, including Presiding Judge Juhani Paiho.

Gibril Massaquoi consults with his lawyer in jail in Finland. He joins the hearings in Liberia and Freetown by videolink. @justiceinfo.net FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean former Revolutionary United Front commander, will begin hearings in Sierra Leone on Friday. The trial, being held by a court from Finland where Massaquoi was resettled in return for aiding prosecutors in the Special Court for Sierra Leone, has attracted little attention in Sierra Leone.

Monrovia – Lorpu Flomo was only 17-years-old when she witnessed the execution of the 13 former officials of slain President William R. Tolbert’s government on the beach behind the Barclay Training Center, (BTC) by rebels acting on the orders of coup leader Samuel Doe.

MONROVIA, Liberia – A former government soldier told the Finnish war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the former Revolutionary United Front commander, harrowing stories Wednesday of Massaquoi massacring women and children in Lofa County and roasting them.

Four Finnish judges listen to testimony in the Liberian hearings in the trial of Gibril Massaquoi Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives MONROVIA, Liberia – Three witnesses in Monday’s session of the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi accused the Sierra Leonean former rebel leader of mass murder of civilians during Liberia’s second civil war.

Inside the Monrovia hearing room of the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, Lennart Dodoo/New Narratives MONROVIA, Liberia – A witness told the Finnish court hearing the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoion Friday, that the former leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel group the Revolutionary United Front gave thenLiberian President Charles Taylor gold and diamonds in exchange for arms and ammunitions to fuel Liberia’s civil war.

Gibril Massaquoi has stayed in Tampere, Finland during his trial. He joins the hearings in Monrovia via videolink Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives MONROVIA – Three witnesses appearing in the ongoing war crimes trial former Revolutionary United Front commander, Gibril Massaquoi told the court harrowing stories on Tuesday.