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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 17:06:00

The united nations said that the bodies found in bucha raise serious questions about possible war crimes. stephen wilkinson is a specialist in international human rights in armed conflict. a short while ago i asked him how sure we can be that war crimes have been committed. these are potential international crimes, so like any crime even if we want to jump to that quick and clear conclusion we do actually have to let the investigations take place before we can make any authoritative determination. and just explain the sensitivity around it and the significance of saying that something is a war crime, because as i understand it it is very different to say it colloquially to the actual technical, legal definition? yeah, that s correct. so as lawyers we tend to be a little bit cautious. we ve heard politicians who can of course speak in terms of war crimes, but as lawyers we speak about alleged war crimes . ....

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In final arguments, defence says witnesses' 'errors' undermine case against Kosiah

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The defence team of Alieu Kosiah has pointed to “errors” and “contradictions” between stories witnesses told Swiss investigators in the war crimes case and the testimonies they have given in court, saying the inconsistencies undermine the case against their client and the Swiss Federal Criminal Court should acquit their client.
Dmitri Gianoli, Mr Kosiah’s main lawyer, told the court the stories of the seven Liberians that focused on crimes allegedly committed in Lofa by Mr Kosiah and ULIMO rebels under his command, were different from what they told investigators in the case in the Swiss capital city of Bern in 2014. ....

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War Crimes: Final witness backs plaintiffs' allegations Kosiah murdered civilians

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War Crimes: Final witness backs plaintiffs’ allegations Kosiah murdered civilians
Mr Kosiah is charged with 25 counts of murder, cannibalism, rape, sexual enslavement, forced transportation, looting and recruitment of a child-soldier.
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The final witness in the war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah, called by Swiss state prosecutors, took the stand on Friday and gave testimony corroborating the claims by plaintiffs that the former United Liberation Movement for Democracy of Liberia (ULIMO) commander killed young civilian men that he and his rebels had forced to carry looted goods in Kolahun District, Lofa County, in 1993.
The witness, a mathematics teacher who was flown in from Liberia to testify, told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court that he was among groups of young men who were forced to carry the goods long distances back to the rebel base. ....

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