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Alieu Kosiah

Alieu Kosiah was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at his trial in Switzerland.
Appeals court convicts Liberian Alieu Kosiah of crimes against humanity
5 June 2023 by Antoine Harari in Bellinzona (Switzerland)
A Swiss appeals court on June 1 confirmed a 20-year prison sentence for Alieu Kosiah, former commander of an armed group in Liberia in the 1990s. Kosiah was already the first person convicted of war crimes by a Swiss civil court. [...]
Alieu Kosiah Switzerland: Kosiah convicted in first universal jurisdiction trial
21 June 2021 by Antoine Harari
On June 18, after three months of deliberations, judges of the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona found former Liberian warlord Alieu Kosiah guilty of war crimes in the first universal jurisdiction trial to be held in Switzerlan [...]
Drawing of Alieu Kosiah during his trial in Switzerland Judgment awaited in Alieu Kosiah war crimes trial
8 March 2021 by Antoine Harari
The trial of former Liberian rebel fighter Alieu Kosiah ended on March 5 in Switzerland. Accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the early 1990s in Liberia, Kosiah denied being present at the time of the eve [...]
Dessin d'un avocat des victimes dans le procès Kosiah, en Suisse. © Leslie Lumeh In Swiss trial, Liberian victims tell chilling tales of Alieu Kosiah
22 February 2021 by Antoine Harari
The trial of Alieu Kosiah, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, resumed on February 15 in Switzerland. Six of the seven plaintiffs took the stand to give chilling accounts of crimes they say were committed by the for [...]
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