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Liberia: ‘Kosiah Raped Me Four Times’ Swiss Court Hears in Ongoing War Crimes Trial Liberia: ‘Kosiah Raped Me Four Times’ Swiss Court Hears in Ongoing War Crimes Trial Share War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. New Narratives/Leslie Lumeh BELLINZONA, Switzerland – 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. By Names Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent The woman told a harr...

By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent BELLINZONA, Switzerland – War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah delivered a forceful rebuke to six plaintiffs who brought the war crimes case against him here in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Monday. He slammed the plaintiffs and their lawyers for “staging their testimonies” and “lying on him”.  “When there is war, the first victim is the truth. That is the only thing I can tell you,” he told the three-judge panel.   Kosiah’s anger at being on trial here was focused on the plaintiff...