War Crimes Trial Coming to Liberian Soil
War Crimes Trial Coming to Liberian Soil
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MONROVIA – Liberia is set to host the first war crimes trial connected to the country’s civil war in February.
By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent
The Pirkanmaa District Court in Finland announced Thursday that it will begin the trial of Gibril Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean, for war crimes allegedly committed in Liberia in his role as a commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) between 2001 and 2002 next week. Later in February the court will move to Liberia and Sierra Leone to hear from “several dozen witnesses named in the case” in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and visits to the scenes of the alleged crimes, the court said in a press release.