Finnish judges are in Liberia for Gibril Massaquoi s landmark war crimes trial My father was shot dead before my eyes, right in front of this building. I can never forgive my dad s killer . Sierra Leonean national Gibril Massaquoi at the first day of his trial at the Pirkanmaa District Court in Tampere, Finland, on 3 February 2021. Picture: Kalle Parkkinen / AFP
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KAMATAHUN - Finnish judges began touring northern Liberia on Thursday as part of a first-of-a-kind trial of a warlord accused of committing atrocities during the country s civil war.
They are in the West African state to gather witness testimonies for a case against Gibril Massaquoi, a former senior member of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a Sierra Leone rebel group that also fought in Liberia.