The 62nd day of public hearings resumed on Monday, January 24 in Finland. The Judge announced that the Defence would present the closing arguments after which the Prosecutors would present their position on the Defendant’s detention. The Defense Presents their Closing Arguments The Defence appealed to the fact that the trial began a year before […]
21/01/22 [Finland] Day 61: Prosecution Closing Arguments
The 61st day of public hearings resumed on Friday, 21st January in Finland. The Prosecution Presents their Closing Arguments The Prosecution began by addressing the legal basis of the Indictment since it was put in question by the Defendant in December. The charges of murder and rape were based on the Criminal Code of Finland, […]
13/01/22 [Finland] Day 60: Three Witnesses are Heard Virtually
The 60h day of public hearings resumed on Thursday, 13th January 2022 in Finland. Witness W1 is Heard via Video link The Defense questions the witness W1 The witness was a police officer. Looking into the additional protocol number 8, the Defense sought to understand [Employee 1]’s initial period of employment with the Finnish police, […]
20/12/21 [Finland] Day 59: One Witness is Heard
The 59th day of public hearings resumed on Monday, 20th December in Finland. The hearing began by Prosecution introducing some confidential documents related to Gibril Massaquoi’s marriage in a closed session. When the hearing resumed in the open session, the defense introduced a 2008 memo from SCSL on the hearing of [GJRP-1] in which he […]
19/11/21 [Finland] Day 58: Expert Witness, Ilmari Käihkö, is Heard and The Defendant, Gibril Massaquoi, is Heard Again
The 58th day of public hearings resumed on Friday, 19th November in Finland. Expert Witness Ilmari Käihkö is Heard The Prosecution questions the expert witness Ilmari Käihkö The witness was summoned again to testify because his expert witness statement from 2 September 2021 was prepared based on questions emailed to the witness by the Defense […]
17/11/21 [Finland] Day 57: The Defendant, Gibril Massaquoi, is Heard
The 57th day of public hearings resumed on Wednesday, 17th November in Finland. The Defendant, Gibril Massaquoi, is Heard Initially, confidential evidence was examined in closed session after which the judge invited the parties to discuss the defense’s expert witness statement from Ilmari Käihkö. The Prosecution said that the defense did not provide them with […]
26/10/21 [Finland] Day 56: One Defense Witness is Heard
The 56th day of public hearings resumed on Friday, 26th October in Finland. Defense Witness [FNM-192] is Heard The Defense questions the witness The Witness had already testified on June 17. The Witness confirmed that she and Gibril Massaquoi moved together to Munsor after Massaquoi’s release from prison on the 6th of January 1999. The […]
08/10/21 [Liberia] Day 55: One Prosecution Witness is Heard
The 55th day of public hearings resumed on Friday, 8th October in Monrovia, Liberia. Prosecution Witness L5 is Heard The Defense questions witness L5 The witness had written and published an article during his time in Sierra Leone about a massacre in Kamata Golahun, which was displayed for the court. The Witness explained that in […]
06/10/21 [Liberia] Day 54: Three Witnesses are Heard
The 54th day of public hearings resumed on Monday, 6th October in Monrovia, Liberia. The Witness, [Employee 3], is Heard The Prosecution questions the witness [Employee 3] The witness began by explaining that he has been working for GJRP since its founding in 2012. Initially he worked as a researcher, or what the court would […]
04/10/21 [Liberia] Day 53: Two Prosecution Witnesses are Heard
The 53rd day of public hearings resumed on Monday, 4th October in Monrovia, Liberia. Prosecution Witness [GJRP-1] is Heard The Prosecution questions the witness, [GJRP-1] The witness started by saying that he knows L4. He first met L4 at an atayi shop called Cenpid on Carey Street around six to eight years ago. He saw […]
