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Liberia: U.S. to Join SA in Bringing War Criminals to Justice

South Africa, it turns out, is not the only far-removed country from Liberia whose courts have become involved in prosecuting those who committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during that country civil wars, U.S. immigration services have also been forced to adopt an anti-human rights policy under the Trump administration.

Liberia: U.S. to Join South Africa in Bringing War Criminals to Justice

Legalbrief, 16 January 2018

The sensational year-end arrest and bail hearing in Cape Town of convicted international arms trader Guus Kouwenhoven has brought the terrible decades-long Liberian civil war back… Read more »

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Dutch Court Jails Arms Supplier of Former Liberian President

Guus Kouwenhoven, 74, was convicted for being an accessory to war crimes for smuggling arms to former president Charles Taylor. Read more »
- Liberia: Charles Taylor's 'Arms Supplier' Convicted in the Netherlands
- Liberia: Taylor's Confidant Convicted
South Africa: Dutch Arms Dealer Case Postponed

Augustinus Petrus Kouwenhoven is convicted of crimes against humanity and for selling firearms to former Liberian president Charles Taylor. Read more »
- South Africa: Dutch Arms Dealer Case Postponed in Wait of Extradition Documentation
- Resource Document A convicted Dutch weapon smuggler appeared in Cape Town court
Former Liberian Rebel Commander Arrested in the U.S.

Mohammed Jabbateh, 49, has been charged in a U.S. district court in Philadelphia. Read more »
- Liberia: Ex-Ulimo General Jungle Jabbah Arrested in United States
- Liberia: Liberians Must Decide On War Crime Court

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