–Says Rights Advocacy Platform
Since the United States Embassy near Monrovia raised concern over the election of Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson as Chairman of the Committee on Defense, Intelligence and Veteran Affairs, public condemnation has increased with more calls to reconsider the decision.
One of such groups adding but not capitalizing on the U.S. Embassyâs reservations and expression is the Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy Platform, a conglomeration of civil society organizations advocating for human rights and justice with the high wish to see war crimes perpetrators prosecuted.
A statement issued by the group over the weekend indicates that besides concerns by the U.S. Embassy, the act by the Senate to elect a Senator Prince Johnson who has a war record breaches the United Nations Human Rights Protocols.
GIJ Supports Establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia
GIJ Supports Establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia
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MONROVIA The Global Initiative For Justice (GIJ), a US-based NGO, headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America says that the Weah administration and members of his cabinet continue to commit serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity against the people of Liberia engaging in massive corruption bankrupting the nation. This culture of impunity must come to end.
On March 31, 2021, the U.S. State Department’s report on Human Rights for Liberia confirms that significant human rights issues included: arbitrary killings by police; cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by police; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary detention by government officials; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; serious restrictions on freedom of the press, includi
The Human Rights Advocacy Platform of Liberia Wants Senate Withdraw Sen. Johnson’s Election as Chairman on Defense and Security
The Human Rights Advocacy Platform of Liberia Wants Senate Withdraw Sen. Johnson’s Election as Chairman on Defense and Security
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Monrovia – The Human Rights Advocacy Platform of Liberia, a network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on human rights and transitional justice issues in Liberia, is calling on the Liberian Senate to immediately withdraw the names of Prince Johnson and Cllr. Varney Sherman on the Senate committees on Defense and Intelligence and Judiciary, Human Rights and Petition, respectively.
Johnson, a warlord and senator of Nimba County, was last week elected to chair the committee on Defense and Security, while Sherman, senator of Grand Cape Mount County who was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury for corruption involving judicial bribery, was elected unopposed the chair on the Senate committ
Liberia: Cummings Call for War and Economic Crimes Court to End Impunity
Liberia: Cummings Call for War and Economic Crimes Court to End Impunity
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MONROVIA – President George Weah’s lackadaisical response towards the mounting calls for the need to end impunity and hold people accountable for war and economic crimes, in the view of one of his fierce political rivals, Alexander B. Cummings, makes one believe that he is either benefiting from the criminals or seeking special favors from them.
The Alternative National Congress (ANC) political leader lamented the recent chastisement by the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia over the election of the Nimba County Senator, Prince Y. Johnson’s election to head the Senate’s committee on Defense and National Security and the retaining of economic sanctioned Varney Sherman of Cape Mount County as the Chairman on Judiciary. He termed the United States’ reaction as an “international disgrace”.
Liberian Senate to Engage U.S. Embassy for Clarity on Statement Following Sen. Johnson’s Election as Chair on Defense and Security Committee
Liberian Senate to Engage U.S. Embassy for Clarity on Statement Following Sen. Johnson’s Election as Chair on Defense and Security Committee
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MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate has acknowledged the U.S. Embassy’s concerns on the election of the Senator Prince Y. Johnson as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defense, Security, Intelligence and Veteran Affairs, but says it would engage the Embassy for further clarity on their concerns so as to find amicable solution.