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Liberia: Swiss Appeals Court Upholds First Conviction of Perpetrator in Liberian Civil Wars
FrontPageAfrica, 2 June 2023
In a landmark verdict delivered by the Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, former warlord Alieu Kosiah has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for crimes… Read more »
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Liberia: First Conviction in Switzerland for War Crimes Against Humanity
FrontPageAfrica, 2 June 2023
Seven plaintiffs write a page of Swiss and Liberian history as Alieu Kosiah is convicted for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Read more »
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Liberia: Ex-Ulimo Fighter Tells Finnish Appeals Court He Refused Bribe From Human Rights Advocate
FrontPageAfrica, 29 March 2023
As with the trial before a Finnish district court, acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean accused of grave human rights violations in Liberia, bribery… Read more »
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Liberia: Kosiah Denies War Crimes - Repeats Unproven Claims of Witness Bribery
FrontPageAfrica, 18 January 2023
The second last day of witness testimony in the appeal hearing of Alieu Kosiah, the Liberian former rebel commander who was convicted of war crimes in Switzerland's first war… Read more »
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Liberia: Plaintiff Alleges Attacks and Intimidation in Retaliation for Testimony in Kosiah Trial
FrontPageAfrica, 16 January 2023
In a dramatic third day in former Liberian rebel commander Alieu Kosiah's appeal of his 2021 war crimes conviction, a plaintiff in the 2021 trial told the court he has been… Read more »