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Court Hears Kosiah's Defense Against 'Liars' and 'Manipulators'


By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah delivered a forceful rebuke to six plaintiffs who brought the war crimes case against him here in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Monday. He slammed the plaintiffs and their lawyers for “staging their testimonies” and “lying on him”. 
“When there is war, the first victim is the truth. That is the only thing I can tell you,” he told the three-judge panel.  
Kosiah’s anger at being on trial here was focused on the plaintiffs’ lawyers as they asked him to respond to chilling and detailed evidence the six men had given last week. The men had accused Kosiah of murdering civilians, forcing them to carry looted goods and eating human hearts among other atrocities.   ....

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Kosiah Killed Teenage Boy on 'Black Monday,' Judges Hear


By James Harding Giahyue, with New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – 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.” 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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First Witness in Kosiah Trial Says Ex-Rebel General Killed Brother, Six Others


First Witness in Kosiah Trial Says Ex-Rebel General Killed Brother, Six Others
First Witness in Kosiah Trial Says Ex-Rebel General Killed Brother, Six Others
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The Federal courthouse in Bellinzona, Switzerland where the war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah is being held. FrontPage Africa/James Harding Giahyue
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – The first victim in the war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah testified on Monday, as the court resumed after an 8-week break, telling the court harrowing details of the day, he said, the former rebel commander ordered the killing of seven people in Zorzor, Lofa County, including the witness’s brother. ....

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