allafrica report is bias, if your report can not be balance it would be best not to report at all. some of us do not relied on allafrica to get information on the trial we go directly to the special court of sierra leone and read the direct court transcript. However, there are some who get all their informations from your web page, as a result they tend to believe what is written. your story covers the direct examination but you faild to report on the one page lies that the witness made to the presecution during the cross examination. in legal terms there is a word call credibility, for example, the witness may say the truth 90 percent of the times, but he/she lies 10 percent of the times it is enough reasonable doubt for a judge or jury to find the excuse not guilty.

You accuse allafrica.com of "bias" because it, so you allege, failed (intentionally or negligently?) to print the "lies" the witness "admitted" making to the prosecution during his cross-examination by the defense.

Am I missing something here? First, if you believe that your interpretation is credible, please post the "lies." I am sure that your post will see the light of the day.

Assuming you follow my advice, then we'll have to debate whether the witness "lied" to the prosecutors, wouldn't we?

Moreover, assuming that the witness "is found" (by whom?) to have lied, then the next issue would be, to mouth legal mumbo jumbo, "the materiality" (relevance and weight) of the witness' "lies".

Hence, the ball is in your court (pun intended): post the witness' "lies" to the prosecutor!