War Crimes

MONROVIA, Liberia– Prosecutors in acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi maybe attempting to clear the issue of reasonable doubts that saw a Finnish District Court exonerating the former Sierra Leonean rebel commander of alleged crimes…
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MONROVIA, Liberia –Following Monday’s mix-up, in which an individual impersonated as a witness before the Finnish Appeals Court hearing acquittal proceedings for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean man accused of serious human rights…
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MONROVIA – A prosecution witness has been caught impersonating before the Finnish Appeals Court during his testimony against Gibril Massaquoi, an ex-commander with Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front, RUF.
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MONROVIA—Two additional witnesses have told appeal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front, RUF in Monrovia that he ordered civilians, including seven women to be raped and burnt…
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Monrovia—Two more prosecution witnesses have told appeal hearings in Monrovia for Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of the Revolutionary United Front, RUF of Sierra Leone that he ordered his soldiers to kill and rape seven women.
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MONROVIA – The first witness took the stand on Tuesday looking very sad, he explained to the court why he appeared that way.
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Monrovia—A former Liberian soldier has told a Finnish Appeals Court in Monrovia that Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary Front (RUF) “ordered” his soldiers to put civilians into a house and burn them…
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MONROVIA — Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean man, whose acquittal of war crimes and crimes against humanity charges by a Finnish District Court is being challenged, has been accused of ordering the rapping to death of two minors and a…
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MONROVIA—At Thursday’s appeal hearings for Gibil Massaquoi, the commander Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front, RUF of standing trial for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during Liberia’s first civil war, all three…
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MONROVIA—Dressed in short black jean trousers and wearing a thick red sweater attached to a hat covering his head, “Y8” walked into the courtroom and sat to the left hand of the Liberian interpreter.
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