Sign in
Sign in
Recover your password.
A password will be e-mailed to you.
Browsing Category
Liberia War Crimes
Liberia: Two Former RUF Soldiers Claim a Deceased Soldier Was Called “Angel Gabriel,” Not Massaquoi
MONROVIA, Liberia—Two former soldiers of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF), have distanced an ex-commander of the group from a notorious name that has been a key issue of his war crimes trial.
Read More...
Read More...
Liberia: Former RUF Soldier Contradicts Other Defense Witnesses on When Massaquoi Moved into UN…
MONROVIA, Liberia—A former soldier of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF), has contradicted other defense witnesses about when an accused warlord from the country was taken into a UN “safe house.”
Read More...
Read More...
Ex-RUF Commander Denies Gibril Massaquoi Fought in Liberia’s War
MONROVIA, Liberia—Another Defense witness has claimed before Finland’s Turku Court of Appeal in Monrovia that Gibril Massaquoi, a one-time commander with Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF), did not fight in Liberia’s second…
Read More...
Read More...
Liberia: Former RUF Soldier and Ex-Girlfriend of Massaquoi Admit He Was in Liberia in 2001, But Only…
MONROVIA, Liberia—On the first day of the return of Finland’s Turku Court of Appeal to Liberia, all two defense witnesses said although an accused former Sierra Leonean warlord was in Liberia in 2001, it was only for “peace talks.”
Read More...
Read More...
Liberia: Finnish Appeal Court Returns to Hear from Accused Sierra Leonean Rebel’s Witnesses
MONROVIA, Liberia — A Finnish appeal court is returning to Liberia this week after a brief return to Finland, to hear testimony from witnesses for a Sierra Leonean man accused of grave human rights violations in Liberia’s civil war.…
Read More...
Read More...
Ex-RUF Soldier Disputes Accounts Prosecution Witnesses That Gibril Massaquoi Was “Angel…
MONROVIA, Liberia—A former soldier with Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF), has disputed accounts of mainly prosecution witnesses that an ex-commander of the rebel group was called “Angel Gabriel.”
Read More...
Read More...
Two Defense Witnesses Say Alleged Sierra Leonean Warlord, Gibril Massaquoi Was in Liberia Early 2000…
MONROVIA, Liberia—Two defense witnesses have confirmed the accounts of other witnesses that an alleged Sierra Leonean warlord was in Liberia during its second civil war.
Read More...
Read More...
Liberia: Witness Accuses Ex-RUF Commander, Massaquoi of Ruining His Life by Forcing Him to Carry…
MONROVIA, Liberia—"X-9,” as the Finnish Appeals Court co-named him, sounded regretful, when he reflected on what he claimed was the ruining of his life by the Sierra Leonean man facing prosecution for mass murder, rape, torture, and…
Read More...
Read More...
Liberia: Another Ex-Soldier Alleges Former RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi Killed Civilians in…
MONROVIA, Liberia—A witness, claiming to be a former Liberian army soldier, has accused the Sierra Leonean man facing charges for alleged gross human rights violations in Liberia of ordering massacre at Waterside in Monrovia.
Read More...
Read More...
Liberia: Ex-Ulimo Fighter Tells Finnish Appeals Court He Refused Bribe from Human Rights Advocate,…
MONROVIA, Liberia—As with the trial before a Finnish district court, acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean accused of grave human rights violations in Liberia, bribery allegations begun to dog his acquittal…
Read More...
Read More...