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MONROVIA, Liberia– Prosecutors in acquittal hearings for Gibril Massaquoi maybe attempting to clear the issue of reasonable doubts that saw a Finnish District Court exonerating the former Sierra Leonean rebel commander of alleged crimes in Liberia ne
By Joaquin Sendolo with New Narratives It was an emotional day in the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi as one of the witnesses broke down in tears as he described the day he said fighters under Massaquoi’s command locked 75 people in a kitchen and set them ablaze in 2001 in Kiatanhun in Lofa County. Over the past three weeks the Finnish court, holding hearings in Liberia, heard from witnesses who accused Massaquoi of atrocities at the Waterside Bridge in Monrovia. On Tuesday the focus of his alleged crimes moved to Lofa County, in Liberia’s north-western region which had been a base ...
Liberia: Emotional Witness Tells War Crimes Court Gibril Massaquoi Burned People Alive Liberia: Emotional Witness Tells War Crimes Court Gibril Massaquoi Burned People Alive Share The four-judge panel from Finland listens to testimony in Liberia in the trial of Gibril Massaquoi Leslie Lumeh/New Narratives MONROVIA — It was an emotional day in the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi as one of the witnesses broke down in tears as he described the day he said fighters under Massaquoi’s command locked 75 people in a kitchen and set them ablaze in 2001 in Kiatanhun in Lofa County. By Joaquin ...
3 min read It was an emotional day in the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi (Angel Gabriel) as one of the witnesses broke down in tears as he described the day he said fighters under Massaquoi’s command locked 75 people in a kitchen and set them ablaze in 2001 in Kiatanhun in Lofa County. Over the past three weeks the Finnish court, holding hearings in Liberia, heard from witnesses who accused Mr Massaquoi of atrocities at the Waterside Bridge in Monrovia. On Tuesday the focus of his alleged crimes moved to Lofa County, in Liberia’s north-western region which had been a...
Mr Massaquoi (alias Angel Gabriel) , 51, is currently on trial in Finland for committing and inciting the murders of civilians and enemy fighters, rape and other human rights violations