The travelling tribunal: when a Finnish courtroom moved to West Africa
What happens when a war crimes trial in Finland shifts to Liberia?
Source: timesofmalta.com
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What happens when a war crimes trial in Finland shifts to Liberia?
Lansana Gberie, a renowned expert on the civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, provides an exclusive analysis of the trial of Gibril Massaquoi before a Finnish court, and how it led to a full acquittal on April 29. He worries about the consequences of a trial that, he says, was “misguided”. And he has a suggestion to Massaquoi if he is to receive financial compensation for the time he spent in prison.