Trial of alleged Liberian war criminal Alieu Kosiah to begin in Switzerland
It is Switzerland’s first war crimes trial to be heard outside a military court
01 December 2020 - 18:28
Geneva — 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 250,000 people, often at the hands of child soldiers...
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