MONROVIA, Liberia Two defense witnesses have confirmed the accounts of other witnesses that an alleged Sierra Leonean warlord was in Liberia during its second civil war.By Forgbe Emma Kloh with New NarrativesBut “Defense 5” and “Defense 12” claimed a
“Defence 5” and “Defence 12” claimed Gibirl Massaquoi, a former commander for the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), of Sierra Leone, was here between 1999 and 2000.
MONROVIA, Liberia 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 allegations begun to dog his acquittal hearings.By Evelyn Kp
Liberi: Massaquoi Butchered Pregnant Woman to Settle Bet, Court Hears
Liberi: Massaquoi Butchered Pregnant Woman to Settle Bet, Court Hears
Gibirl Massaquoi (R) drinks palm wine in the early 2000s
Monrovia – A woman told the Finnish court hearing the war crimes case of Gibril Massaquoi, the former rebel commander killed a pregnant woman to settle a bet with his men over the sex of the fetus. She said the incident happened in the early 2000s in Monrovia.
Gerald C. Koinyeneh, with New Narratives
“He brought a pregnant woman, and right away he and his boys started to argue whether the unborn child was a boy or girl,” the woman, identified as “Civilian 72,” the second witness, told the court on Tuesday. (The court has ordered journalists to conceal the witnesses’ identities for fear of reprisal and intimidation.) “Within no time, he opened the woman’s stomach right before us and took the child out and said ‘I told you this child was a girl.’”