Liberia War Crimes

Geneva – The Liberian government should undertake fair and credible prosecutions of international crimes committed during its two civil wars, 76 Liberian, African, and international nongovernmental organizations said in a submission to…
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Monrovia - Richard Duo has been waiting eagerly over the last three weeks for the outcome of the Thomas Woewiyu trial.…
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PHILADELPHIA – A jury has found Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, former number two in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, guilty on 11 counts of criminal immigration fraud.
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PHILADELPHIA – For the first time ever, a former minister and spokesman of a Liberian rebel faction was found guilty for committing immigration fraud based on the denial of his senior role in the NPFL and his commission of war crimes.
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PHILADELPHIA- The defense team for Tom Woewiyu delivered a powerful closing statement at the end of his 3-week trial on 16 counts of criminal immigration fraud. Defense attorney Catherine Henry challenged the jury saying Liberia’s own “3…
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Monrovia – Charles Cooper, a Liberian national recently deported by the United States government for his alleged involvement in human rights abuses during the Liberian civil war, has claimed innocence. He noted his deportation was due…
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Big Joe Town, Grand Bassa County – It was one of one of the deadliest offenses of the Liberian civil war. In 1992, Operation Octopus, so named because it reached across…
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PHILADELPHIA - It was a sunny day in Philadelphia, but a cloud of uncertainty consumed the courtroom as the defense began their case. The question lingering in the court observers’ minds was finally answered: The defendant, Thomas Woewiyu…
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Monrovia – A video footage from Liberia’s brutal civil war depicting the interrogation and torture of Mrs. Angeline Watta Allision, the wife of late Defense Minister Gray Dio Allison, is making the rounds on the social media circuits and…
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PHILADELPHIA –  Tom Woewiyu was denied US citizenship because of his involvement in the Liberian wars according to the senior US immigration official who made the decision. The officer testified to the federal court in the last day of the…
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