December 16, 2022
Liberia: Singling Out Bility
Schaack also commends the work of the Liberian human rights organization, the Global Justice and Research Project (GJRP), which has worked with its Swiss partner, Civitas Maxima… Read more »
Liberia: Human Rights Activist Urges U.S. to Push for the Establishment of a War Crimes Court
When Adama Demptser, the Secretary-General of the Civil Society Human Rights Platform of Liberia received the invitation to speak at the African Human Right Leaders Summit in… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Liberia: Ex-TRC Commissioner Says Merchant of Death' Business Partners Threatens Peace
A former Commissioner of the erstwhile Truth and Reconciliation of Liberia (TRC) Madam Massa Washington, says the West African region, especially Liberia and Sierra Leone, remains… Read more »
Africa: Renowned Rights Advocate to Intensify Calls for War Crimes Court At U.S. Africa Leaders' Summit
The Secretary-General of the Civil Society Human Rights Platform of Liberia, Adama Dempster, will on Monday join a host of top human rights defenders at the African Human Right… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Liberia: Let us Prevent Violence in Liberia
Given the record of violence in Liberia, which, at times, takes on the forms of coup d'etat and civil war, where hundreds of thousands of people get injured and die, the people of… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Liberia: 'No One Should Threaten the Peace,' Clergyman Cautions
A leading Liberian clergyman, Rev. Dr. Kortu K Brown, says it is unacceptable for elements or supporters of Ruling and/or Non-ruling parties to threaten the peace and tranquility… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Liberia: United Nations Thanks Liberia for Its Contribution to Peacekeeping
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix thanked Liberia for its strong support to United Nations Peacekeeping and for the service and sacrifice of its… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Air Force Helping the Armed Forces of Liberia Reactivate Its Air Wings
For the purpose of reactivating the Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Liberia, visitors from the Federal Republic of Nigeria's army Air Force are in the country as guests of the… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Liberia: Convicted War Criminal Appeals Paris Guilty Verdict
Lawyers for Kunti Kamara, a Liberian war criminal who was convicted by a French court last week for his role in the country's first civil war, have appealed his landmark judgment.… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Liberia: Delayed Population Census, Controversial Biometric Voter Roll Bid Process Could Cause Conflict - ECC and Leon Observe
The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) and the Liberia Elections Observation Network (LEON) say the delay in the conduct of the national population census and the manner in… Read more »
Liberia: Hopeful Sign for Justice for Civil War-Era Crimes
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch & International Federation of Human Rights Hail Kunti Kamara's Conviction for Atrocities in Liberia Read more »
November 04, 2022
Liberia: Foya Victims Celebrate Kamara Conviction
Evelyn Pillo points to the spot where her father's house once sat. It was here that her family endured the horrors that, she says, haunt them to this day. In 1993 when troops with… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Liberia: French Court Sentences Liberian Warlord to Life Imprisonment
A French court has convicted and sentenced Liberian warlord Kunti Kamara to a life sentence for complicity in crimes against humanity, torture and barbarism following a dramatic… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Liberia: Prosecution Wants Accused Warlord Given Live Imprisonment
Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara, an accused Liberian warlord have asked the French jury hearing his case to find him guilty of all the charges he's accused of,… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Liberia: Accused Warlord Calls Plaintiffs Criminals in Paris War Crimes Trial
Kunti Kamara has lashed out at the ten plaintiffs in his trial for crimes against humanity here calling them "criminals" and professing his innocence on charges of cannibalism,… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Liberia: Defence Witness Kosiah Dismisses Cannabalism Charge Against Kamara
Alieu Kosiah, convicted of war crimes in a Swiss court last year, appeared as a defense witness in the trial of Kunti Kamara, his one-time United Liberation Movement of Liberia for… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Liberia: Child Soldier Confirms Forced Labor - As Kosiah Testifies Today in War Crimes Trial in Paris
A witness claiming to be a child soldier with Kunti Kamara has confirmed testimonies of over a dozen witnesses of forced labor by Kamara--one of the charges the former commander of… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Liberia: Liberia Integrate More Refugees, Issue Them Civil Documentation
The government of Liberia has described the overall refugee regime in Liberia as very peaceful and stable, and also reaffirmed its commitments to the implementation of the 1951… Read more »
Liberia: Victims Detail Forced Labor Under Ulimo As Kamara Admits to Paris Trial He Was the Only "Co Kundi' in Lofa
Kunti Kamara appeared to undermine his defense case in his trial on torture, cannibalism and crimes against humanity on Wednesday as he denied repeatedly that Ulimo had committed… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Liberia: 'You Are Kundi. You Killed My Sister' - A Third Victim Identifies Kamara As Perpetrator in War Crimes Trial
On Tuesday a third victim identified Kunti Kamara, on trial for torture, cannibalism and crimes against humanity in the Paris Court, as "Co Kundi" the rebel commander who allegedly… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Liberia: 'I Would Never Eat Human Heart,' Kamara Tells War Crimes Court
The former Ulimo commander Kunti Kamara, on trial here for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Liberia's civil wars, had his first chance to make a substantive response to… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Liberia: 'War Crimes Court Not a Witch Hunt Court' - Human Rights Defender Adama Dempster
The Secretary General of the Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy Platform of Liberia Mr. Adama K. Dempster, has said the United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Criminal… Read more »
Liberia: "No Doubt Whatsoever, That Is Him," Victim Tells Judge in Paris War Crimes Trial
The trial of Kunti Kamara for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Paris took a dramatic turn late Friday as the presiding judge in the trial asked a witness if the man he had… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Liberia: Kamara Defense Challenges Prosecution of 30-Year-Old Crimes - French Reveal a Second Liberian Case
Day four of the war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara looked closely at the investigations in France and Liberia that produced evidence prosecutors are using in the case against the… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Liberia: A Culture of Impunity Reigns, Former TRC Commissioner Tells Paris War Crimes Court
Day three of the war crimes trial of Liberian Kunti Kamara was all about setting the scene of Liberia's civil war and the history that led up to it for the jury of six French… Read more »