Armed men recently broke into the offices of the Global Justice and Research Project, threatening director Hassan Bility and warning that they “knew where he lived,” in what activists say is the latest attempt to intimidate those pursuing accountability for Liberia’s civil‑war atrocities. The attack, along with fresh threats against witnesses and officials working on war‑crimes cases, has intensified calls from local and international human rights groups for the government to urgently strengthen protection for investigators, victims, and witnesses as the country moves toward establishing long‑awaited war and economic crimes courts.

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This story is a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the “Investigating Liberia” project. Funding was provided by the Swedish Embassy in Liberia. The funder had no say in the story’s content.