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Prosecutor pushes court to convict, jail and sanction Kosiah
Mr Kosiah is alleged to have recruited a 12-year-old boy in 1992 in Bomi County and used him as child-soldier throughout the first half of the civil war. 3 min read
Alieu Kosiah should be convicted of all the war crimes charges he faces, jailed for a maximum 20 years and then barred from entering Switzerland for 15 years, prosecutors said on Monday in their final argument four days to the end of the historic trial.
Chief prosecutor Andreas Müller told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court Mr Kosiah was guilty of the 25 counts of murder, cannibalism, rape, sexual enslavement, forced transportation, looting and recruitment of child-soldier. He told the three-judge panel that Mr Kosiah killed for power and looted for wealth.
Liberia: Prosecutor Pushes Court to Convict, Jail and Sanction Kosiah
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While some museums are closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Apollo’s usual weekly pick of exhibitions will include shows at institutions that are currently open as well as digital projects providing virtual access to art and culture.
Egypt’s famous burial customs continued long after the rule of the pharaohs had ended. With eight resplendent mummies, this show at North Carolina Art Museum (6 March–11 July) explores how Egyptian culture was influenced by the Greeks and the Romans between the third century BC and the second century AD. Drawn from the Manchester Museum’s collections, there are also more than 100 other objects on display, including papyrus scrolls, ceramics and jewellery, that reveal how expectations for the afterlife affected the day-to-day experiences of Greco-Roman Egyptians. Find out more from the NCAM’s website.
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Kosiah killed teenage boy on ‘Black Monday’, witness tells judges
Black Mondays only ended when Kosiah’s superiors in the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) ordered him to stop the killings, the plaintiff said. 5 min read
War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah shot and killed a teenage boy in Voinjama in 1994, a man claiming to have witnessed the incident, told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Saturday.
The 43-year-old the sixth of seven “plaintiffs” to testify to Kosiah’s guilt since his trial began in December last year told the three presiding judges that Kosiah led a gang of rebels on a weekly killing spree, a routine that he called “Black Monday.”
By James Harding Giahyue, with New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent
BELLINZONA, Switzerland â War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah shot and killed a teenage boy in Voinjama in 1994, a man claiming to have witnessed the incident, told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Saturday.
The 43-year-oldâthe sixth of seven âplaintiffsâ to testify to Kosiahâs guilt since his trial began in December last yearâtold the three presiding judges that Kosiah led a gang of rebels on a weekly killing spree, a routine that he called âBlack Monday.â Kosiah invented the weekly killings of civilians as retaliation for the death of one of his men at a battle with the Lofa Defense Force, a militia formed to avenge their kinsmen, in Zorzor.
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