Will Liberia Invite the International Criminal Court?
Former warlord Prince Johnson has accused the human rights commission of planning to recommend that the International Criminal Court launch an inquiry based on the commission's report.
UN peacekeepers in Monrovia.
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Kenya: Lessons for Nation From the Charles Taylor Verdict (opinion)
The Star, 9 May 2012
On 14th March, and 26th April this year, two significant but landmark decisions have been rendered by two different international courts convicting high ranking personalities of ... read more »
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Liberia: The Lessons of Charles Taylor's Conviction - Who Is Immune? (document)
FOROYAA Newspaper, 27 April 2012
Charles Taylor has been convicted of aiding and abetting the perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The precedence has therefore been set for a sitting Head of ... read more »
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Liberia: Nation, Sierra Leone to Conduct Survey On ICC
The New Dawn, 23 April 2012
In the wake of final verdict of the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in The Hague slated for Wednesday April 26, 2012, a civil society organization here with ... read more »
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Liberia: Gov't Maintains Position On Taylor's Trial
Heritage, 20 April 2012
The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICAT) has said it is hoping for a fair and transparent verdict in the trial of former ... read more »
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Liberia: Former Warlord Prince Johnson Unveils War Architects
The New Dawn, 28 May 2012
Former leader of the defunct Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL), Senator Prince Y. Johnson has unveiled names of individuals less known for their roles in ... read more »
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Liberia: Civil Society Group Backs Hague Prosecutions
The New Dawn, 28 May 2012
The Foundation for International Dignity (FIND)-Liberia has welcomed call for indictees of the former Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be handed over to the International ... read more »
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Well said Sen. Johnson.
The recent verdict against President Taylor at the Hague is certainly making the Senator nervous. At the height of the carnage during the dark days of the war, individuals like Senator Johnson, Taylor and other warlords thrived on the notoriety derived from mindless violence. Now that there exists the real possibilty that he and others could face the same fate as Taylor, Senator Johnson puts foth this pitiful argument.
Do not worry Mr. Johnson.No liberian will face the so-called court. enough of the nonsense. Mr. Taylor is last.
I don't know what Liberia is awaiting to sign an accord with ICC! It is because of people like Prince "Notorious" Johnson, Ellen "Heartless" Johnson-Sirleaf, Charles "Murderer" Taylor .... etc, some of us are parentless! Even though I am pleased to see that Taylor is convicted, I am saddened by the fact that he wasn't or hasn't been tried for the merciless, thoughtless crimes he and his good friends Ellen and Prince included, have committed in Liberia. Ellen, Prince and Charles all claimed they came to liberate Liberia from Samuel K Doe dictatorial regime but they ended up setting Liberia back about half a century by killing ten of thousands of innocent Liberians, destroying the entire country infrastructure in so doing! They were so obsessed with their ambitious to be president that they were willing to do anything, even if that include murdering my poor parents, slitting the throat of countless children and women! Prince shouldn't worry, I don't think any of them should get 80 years in prison! 80 years in prison does not befit the idiotic crimes they have committed in Liberia. Besides, I do not want a penny of tax payer dollars to be spent on keeping them in prison. The only punishment that would be appropriate for Prince Johnson, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Charles Taylor, just to mention a few, is the death sentence! Some might argue that Ellen, unlike Prince and Taylor didn't physically kill any Liberians; therefore shouldn't be given the death sentence! I tell you, what she did "financing Taylor" is just as worst as shouting someone on the battle front. Like Prince has said, if it was because of people like Ellen who financed the war, Taylor and the rest of the gangs might not have been able to commit the crimes they have committed in Liberia and elsewhere. I do not care whether Ellen $1, $10,000 or $10,000000! I can't prove how much she spent and to be frank, the amount doesn't matter! Ellen wanted to be where she is today, which is, to be a president and was determined that nothing would get in her way, not even the fact that countless of children would die from her action. There is a story in the Bible where two women were fighting over a baby, the King, perplexed by the situation and lacking resolution decision to please both women. He offered that the baby be cut in half, so each of the women would have a piece of the baby! One of the women agreed to the king proposal while the other woman, who turned out to be the rightful mother of the child refused! She offered that the would rather see the child alive and therefore offered that the woman who agreed to halve the baby,.... take the baby! Prince, Ellen, Taylor, ETC are like the woman who agreed that the baby be slit in half. They don't love Liberia! All they want is a piece of Liberia!
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