Monrovia — At long last, the move to prosecute major actors in Liberia’s 14 years of civil unrest has received a huge boost as President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed Executive Order #131 to Establish the office of a War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia. By J.H. Webster Clayeh (0886729972)[email protected] “Let the word go []
Monrovia – On Thursday, May 2, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai signed and issued Executive Order 131, establishing an office for the War and Economic Crimes Court. This office, according to the Executive Order, will work with “the international community in the formulation of the mechanisms, procedures, and processes attending the establishment of a war crimes []
President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia’s two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence.
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Unity Party Rescue Mission Stakeholders in Margibi County have expressed serious disappointment in the manner and form they have been treated in getting appointed positions in Government. By Tophic Degleh According to them after making extreme sacrifices to bring the Government to power President Boakai Unity Party has willfully ignored calls to appoint any of []
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Mr Eastwood said the SDLP would continue to work with the Labour Party at Westminster to have the act repealed and replaced ‘as soon as the Tories are removed from power’. Foyle MP Mr Eastwood branded the act ‘immoral’ and an attempt by the Tory government ‘to shut down routes to justice for victims and their families’. The new bill, which came into effect on Wednesday, has resulted in dozens of ongoing Troubles era Inquests being shut down, while a new body has been set up to take over all...
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The Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help himThe Israeli government believes that the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague is about to file war crimes charges against Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials. We can’t know for sure – the ICC has kept its plans close to the vest – but the Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help him.The...
The British newspaper “Sunday Times” reported that a British special forces officer recently alerted the police in the country about war crimes committed by the British SAS special forces in Afghanistan. According to the recently published report by “Sunday Times,” this British officer has provided evidence of the killing of Afghan civilians by the British […]