By Thierry Cruvellier, JusticeInfo.net
The trial of Gibril Massaquoi was due to end in June in Finland. It is about to be extended by several weeks of hearings in Liberia, scheduled for September. © Kalle Parkkinen / Lehtikuva / AFP
There is a new twist in the trial of former Sierra Leonean rebel commander Gibril Massaquoi. The Finnish court that is trying him plans to return to Liberia to hold new hearings, provided Liberian authorities agree. According to the prosecution, Massaquoi may have been able to evade the surveillance of a UN tribunal to commit crimes in Monrovia in 2003.
This return was not planned. The Finnish court trying former Sierra Leonean rebel commander Gibril Massaquoi for crimes committed in Liberia between 1999 and 2003 has already held three months of hearings in Liberia and Sierra Leone from February to May this year. Seventy-three witnesses were heard about events in two parts of the country: the far north eastern province of Lofa and the commercial distr
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