Liberia: Witness Protection At Special Court for Sierra Leone Under Scrutiny At Massaquoi Trial

Liberia - On day two of the return visit of the Finnish Court trying Gibril Massquoi for war crimes the focus continued to be on whether Massaquoi escaped the safe house in Freetown where he was under UN protection in exchange for informing on fellow combatants in Sierra Leone's civil war.

Two witnesses in the court today claimed that "Angel Gabriel", Massaquoi's alleged war time alias, was in Waterside area of Monrovia during heavy fighting, commanding fighters with Sierra Leonean accents on behalf of then-President Charles Taylor in the dying days of the Liberian civil war.

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