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Liberia: Swiss Court Postpones Liberia War Crimes Trial Over Coronavirus
FrontPageAfrica, 18 March 2020
Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court has postponed the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah due to the rapid spread of Covid-19. Read more »
Swiss Court Postpones Liberia War Crimes Trial Over COVID-19
Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court has postponed the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. It will be the first international criminal trial in a non-military Swiss court and "historic" according to Swiss group Civitas Maxima, one of the NGOs representing Liberian victims in the case.
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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Rebel Official Arrested in Finland Over War Crimes in Liberia
Liberian Observer, 12 March 2020
Gibril Massaquoi, spokesman of the defunct RUF of Sierra Leone Read more »
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Liberia: Ex-Rebel Commander Accused of War Crimes Rearrested in France
FrontPageAfrica, 15 January 2020
A former commander of the defunct United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia (ULIMO) has been arrested again, after being released in September last year from pre-trial… Read more »
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Liberia: Switzerland to Prosecute Ex-ULIMO Commander for War Crimes in Liberia
Liberian Observer, 28 March 2019
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland, headed by Michael Lauber, has finally approved the trial of a former front line commander of the United Liberation Movement… Read more »
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The trial of Alieu Kosiah will be the first before Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court under an indictment related to international criminal law. Kosiah was arrested while living ... Read more »
