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Liberia: Kosiah’s Defense Cites Plaintiffs’ ‘Errors’ in Final Arguments Liberia: Kosiah’s Defense Cites Plaintiffs’ ‘Errors’ in Final Arguments Share BELLINZONA, Switzerland – The defense 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. By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Corresponde...

‘Kosiah raped me four times,’ Swiss court hears ‘Kosiah raped me four times,’ Swiss court hears Mr Kosiah is on trial for war crimes committed in Liberia for allegedly including 18 murders …. War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. New Narratives/Leslie Lumeh A Liberian women told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court prosecuting Alieu Kosiah for war crimes that the former rebel commander raped her four times in one night in Voinjama, Lofa County. The woman told a harrowing story of her experiences of the ULIMO rebels under Mr Kosiah’s co...

ADVERTISEMENT 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. 4 min read 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 force...

Liberia: Final Witness Backs Plaintiffs’ Allegations Kosiah Murdered Civilians Liberia: Final Witness Backs Plaintiffs’ Allegations Kosiah Murdered Civilians Share 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 h...

Alieu Kosiah is the first Liberian to be prosecuted for war crimes in connection to Liberia’s 14-year war, which killed an estimated 250,000 people and displaced a million others.