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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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Liberia: Final Witness Backs Plaintiffs' Allegations Kosiah Murdered Civilians


Liberia: Final Witness Backs Plaintiffs’ Allegations Kosiah Murdered Civilians
Liberia: Final Witness Backs Plaintiffs’ Allegations Kosiah Murdered Civilians
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Kosiah’s trial at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland. New Narratives/Leslie Lumeh
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – 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 plaintiff claims 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.
By James Harding Giahyue, New NarrativesSenior Justice Correspondent ....

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Liberia: Kosiah Defense Witness Refuses to Leave Switzerland Saying His Life is in Danger


Liberia: Kosiah Defense Witness Refuses to Leave Switzerland Saying His Life is in Danger
Liberia: Kosiah Defense Witness Refuses to Leave Switzerland Saying His Life is in Danger
The townhall of Bellinzona, Switzerland. New Narratives/James Harding Giahyue
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – The war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah was thrown into turmoil on Thursday as one of the Liberian witnesses flown to Switzerland to testify on Kosiah’s behalf told the court he will not return to Liberia because his life is in danger because of his testimony.  
By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent
“It will be better for me to be jailed with Kosiah because my life will be protected,” he told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court prosecuting Kosiah for war crimes in connection with Liberia’s 14-year civil war. “My life is not safe in Liberia.” ....

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Kosiah defence witness refuses to leave Switzerland, says his life in danger


Kosiah defence witness refuses to leave Switzerland, says his life in danger
Seven Liberians accuse Mr Kosiah of murder, cannibalism, rape, sexual enslavement, forced transportation, looting and recruitment of a child-soldier.
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The war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah was thrown into turmoil on Thursday as one of the Liberian witnesses flown to Switzerland to testify on Mr Kosiah’s behalf told the court he will not return to Liberia because his life is in danger following his testimony.
“It will be better for me to be jailed with Kosiah because my life will be protected,” he told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court prosecuting Mr Kosiah for war crimes in connection with Liberia’s 14-year civil war. “My life is not safe in Liberia.” ....

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