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Jun
02
2023
By EMMA FARGE
Swiss court confirms historic war crimes ruling against Liberia warlord

Swiss court confirms historic war crimes ruling against Liberia warlord

NEWS
A Swiss court upheld a guilty verdict for war crimes in the case of a former Liberian rebel commander and convicted him of crimes against humanity in a landmark case. Alieu Kosiah, who fought in the 1990s against then-President Charles Taylor's army, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2021 for rape, murder and cannibalism in Switzerland's first ever war crimes trial. Those charges and others were upheld by the court although he was acquitted of ordering and inflicting cruel treatment, the Swiss Federal Court's appeal bench said in a statement. Four of his acts were deemed crimes…
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Feb
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Liberian warlord’s trial concludes in Switzerland

Liberian warlord’s trial concludes in Switzerland

NEWS
EMMA FARGE THE appeal hearings of a former Liberian rebel commander convicted of war crimes concluded in a trial that was broadened in its final stages to include crimes against humanity for the first time in Switzerland. Alieu Kosiah, who fought in the 1990s against then-President Charles Taylor's army, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2021 for rape, murder and cannibalism in one of the first trials for war crimes committed in the West African country. During the three weeks of appeal hearings at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, the defendant sought to overturn the lower court's ruling, arguing at…
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Jan
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Rape victim testifies in Swiss court as Liberian war criminal appeals conviction

Rape victim testifies in Swiss court as Liberian war criminal appeals conviction

NEWS
EMMA FARGE A woman cried as she testified to a Swiss court that a former Liberian rebel commander had raped her repeatedly during the country's civil war, on the first day of his appeal to overturn 22 convictions for war crimes. While Alieu Kosiah is appealing the 2021 ruling Swiss prosecutors are arguing that he also committed crimes against humanity, which could increase his 20-year sentence if his conviction is upheld and he is found guilty on these counts. Kosiah, who fought against former Liberian president Charles Taylor's army in the 1990s, was convicted on charges including rape, murder and…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Liberian rebel sentenced for war crimes, cannibalism

Liberian rebel sentenced for war crimes, cannibalism

NEWS
EMMA FARGE A Liberian rebel commander was sentenced in Switzerland to 20 years in jail for rape, killings and an act of cannibalism, in one of the only civil war-era cases from his West African country to go to trial. The case was Switzerland's first war crimes trial in a civilian court. It involved 46-year-old Alieu Kosiah who went by the nom de guerre "bluff boy" in the rebel faction ULIMO that fought former President Charles Taylor's army in the 1990s. Kosiah, faced 25 charges at the Swiss Federal Court including killings of civilians, rape and an act of cannibalism.…
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Dec
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Liberian rebel commander shouts out at start of Swiss trial for cannibalism, rape

Liberian rebel commander shouts out at start of Swiss trial for cannibalism, rape

NEWS
EMMA FARGE A former rebel commander accused of involvement in killing civilians, rape and eating pieces of a school teacher's heart during Liberia's civil war decried his long pre-trial detention in an outburst as proceedings began in Switzerland. The trial is just one of a handful of cases brought to international courts in connection with the West African country's 1989-2003 civil war, which became a byword for savagery and killed hundreds of thousands of people. The defendant, 45-year-old Alieu Kosiah, denies the charges. His lawyer said Kosiah, who was arrested in Switzerland in 2014, was not present in the area…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Historic Liberia war crimes trial to start in Switzerland

Historic Liberia war crimes trial to start in Switzerland

NEWS
EMMA FARGE THE trial of a former Liberian commander accused of rape, pillage, assassinations, and an act of cannibalism opens in Switzerland this week. The trial of Alieu Kosiah, who denies the charges, is one of just a handful of cases brought before international courts in relation to the West African country's 1989-2003 conflict, which killed nearly a quarter of a million people, often at the hands of child soldiers. He is accused of war crimes listed as "recruitment and use of a child soldier, forced transportation, looting, cruel treatment of civilians, attempted murder, murder (directly or by order), desecration…
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