Liberian civil war commander Alieu Kosiah sentenced in Swiss court
Court hands out maximum sentence of 20 years for rape, killings and an act of cannibalism
20 June 2021 - 21:09
Geneva — A Liberian rebel commander was sentenced in Switzerland to 20 years in jail on Friday for rape, killings and an act of cannibalism, in one of the first ever convictions over the West African country's civil war.
The case was also 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...
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