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Liberia: Lawyers for Former Rebel Commander Demand French Appeal Court to Acquit

As the appeal of a former commander of the rebel group Ulimo, of his 2022 war crimes conviction enters its final days, defense lawyers for Kunti Kamara called on the three judge panel and nine jurors to overturn the conviction saying there is a lack of evidence Kamara committed the crimes.  …

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: French Court Of Appeal Throws Out Rebel Commander Claim he was Underage When Crimes Took Place

The judge in former Liberian warlord, Kunti Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes, dealt a blow to Kamara’s case on Monday by striking out his two challenges to the charges….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Defense Lawyers Claim Statute of Limitations Means Rebel Cannot be Tried for 1993 War Crimes

Lawyers defending Liberian warlord, Kunti Kamara, in his appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes, advanced their second challenge to the case in court Friday, arguing that France’s statute of limitations for such crimes is ten years meaning Kamara should not have been charged in 2018 with the crimes that took place in 1993….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Former Liberia TRC Commissioner Gives Emotional Testimony of War Atrocities to French Appeal Court

Massa Washington took many pauses. Her voice trembled with sorrow. When she could not control it, the former commissioner with Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, sobbed quietly, a testament to the trauma she still carries as a victim of the war and from hearing the testimonies of 22,000 victims of Liberia’s civil wars….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Defense Witness Contradicts Rebel Commander’s Claim he Was Not in Civilian Areas in Paris Court

One of former Ulimo rebel commander Kunti Kamara’s own witnesses contradicted his testimony in Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes here on Wednesday….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Convicted Liberian Rebel Leader Tells French Court Guinean Government Supported Rebel Faction

War convict, Kunti Kamara, told the French court hearing his appeal of his 2022 conviction here for war crimes that his faction, that his rebel faction United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) was heavily supported by the Guinea government. …

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Former “War Wife” and Conscript Accuse Liberian Rebel Commander of Murder, Torture, Rape and Cannibalism in French War Crimes Appeal

The first victim to testify that he had served as a rebel under Ulimo commander Kunti Kamara appeared in Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes here on Friday. …

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Convicted War Criminal Kosiah Gives Fiery Defense in French Appeal of Fellow Rebel Commander

In a wandering, combative and, at times angry, testimony convicted warlord Alieu Kosiah laid out an argument that he and his former Ulimo ally Kunti Kamara, whose appeal of his 2022 war crimes conviction was the forum for Thursday’s appearance, were innocent….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Former Rebel Lashes Out at Accusers in Appeal of French War Crimes Conviction

Convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara lashed out at the plaintiffs and witnesses who have testified him here in week two of his appeal of his 2022 conviction for crimes against humanity….

Prue Clarke
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Victims Tell French Appeal Trial of Cannibalism, Rape and Torture by Ulimo

The first Liberian victims, who are part of the case against convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara, testified today in Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia Present Day Politics Enter Paris Court as Jury Hears of Passage of War Crimes Court Bill

The 4,400 miles between France and Liberia closed on Friday when present day news from Liberia made it into the appeal hearing here of convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara….

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Judge Weighs Defense Motion To Abandon Kamara War Crimes Appeal in France

Defense lawyers in the appeal of Kunti Kamara of his 2022 conviction for crimes against humanity, called for the trial to be abandoned on Wednesday. …

Prue Clarke & Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

In New Line of Defense, Lawyers Tell French Court Convicted Ulimo War Criminal Was Too Young to be Held Responsible for Crimes.

On day two of Kunti Kamara’s appeal against his 2022 conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Kamara’s lawyers introduced a new line of defense that could upturn proceedings against the former United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (Ulimo) commander….

Prue Clarke & Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Convicted Ulimo War Criminal Kunti Kamara’s Appeal Begins in Paris Court

 Kunti Kamara’s appeal of his November 2022 conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity got underway at the Paris Court of Appeal on Tuesday….

Prue Clarke
FrontPage Africa

Victims of alleged Jammeh henchman Ousman Sonko welcome Swiss trial

It is not just Gambians hoping for justice in this case.
…

Mustapha K. Darboe
Premium Times Nigeria

Gambian Prison Officers Testify In Crimes Against Humanity Trial Of Former Interior Minister In Switzerland

Two Gambian prison officers—Lamin Sanneh and Abdou Jammeh—testified to torture, and poor food and hygiene conditions at Gambia’s central prison— Mile 2—in the crimes against humanity trial of Gambia’s former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in the Swiss city of Bellinzona. …

Mustapha K. Darboe
KerrFatou

Former Gambian Interior Minister Takes The Stand After Swiss Court Denies Submission Over Procedural Issues

Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s former interior minister, who turned 55 on Tuesday, took the stand for the first time at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland. …

Mustapha Darboe
Kerr Fatou

Alleged Jammeh enforcer Sonko goes on trial for crimes against humanity in Switzerland

Ousman Sonko, a 54-year-old former interior minister of The Gambia, goes on trial for crimes against humanity in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in the city of Bellinzona….

Mustapha K. Darboe
The Fatu Network

Mixed reactions to conviction of ex-Gambian minister; sexual violence charges dismissed

“The conviction of Ousman Sonko, one of the pillars of Yahya Jammeh’s brutal regime, is a major step on the long road to justice for Jammeh’s victims,”…

Mariam Sankanu
The Republic

Lawyer for Former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko Argues Prosecution Failed to Connect Sonko to Alleged Violations in Crimes Against Humanity Trial

Philippe Currat, a Swiss attorney defending Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s former interior minister currently on trial in Switzerland for crimes against humanity, said prosecutors have failed to prove their case. …

Mustapha Darboe
Malagen

More Witnesses Put Massaquoi in Monrovia When Under UN-Witness Protection in Sierra Leone

The trial of Gibril Massaquoi has continued to focus on the central explosive question of whether the defendant escaped UN witness protection in Freetown in June-August 2003 to commit war crimes in neighboring Liberia….

Mae Azango
FrontPage Africa
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