Liberia War Crimes

Philadelphia, USA - The use of children of soldiers by NPFL was at the center of most testimonies in Monday’s hearing in the case of Tom Woewiyu Vs the United States government. The prosecution presented three former child soldiers, a…
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PHILADELPHIA, USA – A fifth government witness, in her emotionally-charged recollection of her brief encounter with a powerful Defense minister whose power measured only next to the leader of the armed rebellion, Charles Taylor, placed…
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PHILADELPHIA – The saga of five American nuns killed at the height of the Liberian civil war took center stage Wednesday as the trial for Mr. Thomas Jucontee Woewiyu entered its third day at the Federal Court in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia – In their opening statement today US prosecutors laid out their case that Thomas Woewiyu had violated US immigration laws in an egregious manner by lying about his role in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia during…
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PHILADELPHIA - Elizabeth Margaret Blunt, a former BBC reporter who was a household name to Many Liberians, for much of the civil war era, Mr. Herman J. Cohen, a former US Secretary of State for African Affairs and Mr. Gerald Rose, a…
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PHILADELPHIA - A confident Thomas Woewiyu warned reporters to “pay attention” as he strode from the Philadelphia Federal courthouse after day one of his trial for criminal immigration fraud here.
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By James Harding Giahyue Monrovia – Most visits by high ranking UN officials are predictable - the official makes bland statements about good governance and commitments to support Liberia. The March visit by Deputy Secretary-General…
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PHILADELPHIA, USA – U.S. prosecutors will begin their case against Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, a Liberian ex-warlord the U.S. has charged for lying to immigration authorities about his participation and leadership in the Liberian civil war…
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - They carried terrifying names like “General Cobra Red”, “Bad Blood DeJangle” and “Bullet Vest” and committed horrific crimes during the early days of the civil war. In a significant ruling, a judge in Philadelphia today…
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Philadelphia, PA - Sentencing has been delayed at the last minute for Mohammed Jabateh, the Liberian former rebel commander convicted last October on federal immigration fraud.
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