Supreme Court Increases Rapist Jail Term From 10 to 25 Years After Appeal
Monrovia – The Supreme Court has confirmed the guilty verdict of a 20-year-old man that raped a 10-year-old girl in 2011.
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Politics
Alexander Cummings Decries Senate Action to Amend Liberia’s Rape Law
Monrovia – The Standard Bearer of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander B. Cummings has reacted sharply to the amendment of…
Liberia’s Amended Rape Law Sparks Protest at Capitol Hill in Monrovia
Monrovia – A group of young advocates under the banner Concern Citizens of Liberia yesterday stormed the Capitol Building where they called…
Liberian Senate Amends Rape Law – Makes It Bailable Offense
Monrovia – The Liberian Senate has voted in favour of a report to amend the rape law, making rape a bailable crime.
Women in Liberia Group Demands Justice For 13 year-old Rape Victim
Monrovia – A women group under the banner of Safe-Cities Women Forum and Medica Liberia in collaboration with Action Aid Liberia has…
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I Am Regina! ‘Should My Father Be Doing This To Me’?
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Liberian Lawmaker in Police Custody Over Statutory Rape of Girl, 13
Monrovia – Heavily guarded by armed men behind closed door, disgraced Grand Gedeh lawmaker, Morais Waylee waited for more than five hours,…
Fear Grips Investigators in Rep. Morias Waylee’s Rape Case
Monrovia – Sexual and Gender Based Violence investigators say they had to flee Konobo, Grand Gedeh County after they were informed by…
Female Lawyers Encourage Parents of Rape Victim To Report Crime
Monrovia – The President of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) is encouraging the family of the 13-year-old who had…
Gender Minister Discloses Progress Made in Alleged Rape Case
Monrovia –The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection says the Government of Liberia is working on a possible lead in the…