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Former Armed Forces Of Liberia Commanding General Charged With Immigration Fraud And Perjury

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging Moses Slanger Wright, 69, of Philadelphia, PA, with fraudulently attempting to obtain citizenship, fraud in immigration documents, false statements in relation to naturalization, and perjury in connection with his fraudulent attempt to obtain U.S. citizenship.

Former member of National Patriotic Front of Liberia Deported From The US

Eddie Yenner Murphy Karpoleh was flown from Saint Paul to Liberia on a flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Saint Paul removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive and former member of both the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and the Liberian National Police Special Operations Division (LNPSOD) from the United States, June 1, 2022. Read more

Liberia war crimes: Sierra Leone rebel commander acquitted by court in Finland

Gibril Ealoghima Massaquoi

The court said there was not enough proof to convict Gibril Massaquoi. The 52-year-old is from Sierra Leone and was a senior member of a notorious rebel group, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), that also fought in neighbouring Liberia from 1999 to 2003.

 

If the state won’t deal with civil war criminals, then civil society will

Prosecutor appeals war crimes trial acquittal

Liberia’s child soldiers face PTSD as they seek their place in post-war society
During the first Liberian civil war in the 1990s, Alieu Kosiah served as a commander of the rebel group United Liberation Movement of Liberia. Read More

Prosecutors will appeal the decision by the Pirkanmaa District Court to acquit Gibril Massaquoi of charges including murder, read more

fter witnessing the murder of his parents and siblings, Morris Matadi was recruited as a child soldier. They put a rifle in his hands and forced him to take an active role in the Liberian civil war. read more

Eight weeks of therapy, plus some cash, can change the lives of violent men

I work with violent young men, from Africa to the Americas — guys so far into lives of crime that a natural reaction is hopelessness. If, 10 years ago, you told me that eight weeks of therapy plus a little cash could turn a significant proportion of them away from that life, read more

 

Liberia TRC report Celebrates 13yrs Of Inaction

The final report of the Liberian Truths And Reconciliation Commission, TRC, will on Friday July 1,2022, celebrates 13yrs of inaction for the implementation of its 47 recommendations, including, the establishment of a special hybrid international court to try war and economic crimes

 

US has warned Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, that could face prosecution for atrocities in DRC.

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The head of the US war crimes office has warned Rwanda's leaders, including President Paul Kagame, that they could face prosecution at the international criminal court for arming groups responsible for atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

 
 

FILE - The exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. The International Criminal Court marked the 20th anniversary of its establishment Friday, July 1, 2022, as its prosecutors probed war crimes in countries around the world including what one expert called a “make or break” investigation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

International Criminal Court marks 20th anniversary

By MIKE CORDERJuly 1, 2022

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court marked the 20th anniversary of its establishment Friday as its prosecutors probed war crimes in countries around the world, including what one expert called a “make or break” investigation in Ukraine.

The court, long criticized for tackling only crimes in Africa and failed prosecutions of senior leaders in Kenya and Ivory Coast, now has investigations underway in 17 countries, from Afghanistan to Ukraine, although the majority of cases are in Africa.

David Crane, the founding chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone that convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others as war criminals, said the Hague-based ICC is a crucial legal institution despite some criticism of its work.

“The ICC is the cornerstone now of how we deal with atrocity crimes at the international level,” Crane told The Associated Press. “With the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the ICC must be the lead in holding President Vladimir Putin accountable. This is the ICC’s moment. They have to get this right.”...