As 2022 concluded, significant strides in international justice were made, with the Kosovo Specialist Chambers convicting KLA commander Salih Mustafa. The U.S. expanded its war crimes prosecution powers, while Germany convicted a former Nazi camp secretary. Argentina sentenced ex-policeman Mario Sandoval for crimes during the Dirty War.
Former Liberian Government Army General Charged in Philadelphia, United States, in connection with alleged war-time crimes Yesterday, June 23, an indictment charging former Commanding General of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), Moses Wright, was unsealed. He was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania with fraudulently attempting to obtain […]
Alleged Former Liberian Rebel Commander Arrested in the U.S. Sekou Kamara, allegedly a former commander of the rebel group LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) during the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) was arrested in New York, U.S., on March 26, 2022. A criminal complaint was submitted to the United States District Court of Eastern […]
Today, September 8, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia
rejected Mohammed Jabbateh’s appeal, upholding his conviction and 30-year prison sentence.
Thomas Woewiyu dies of COVID-19 whilst awaiting sentencing Thomas Jucontee Woewiyu, former Minister of Defense and Spokesman of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) during the First Liberian Civil War, died yesterday, April 12, of COVID-19 after a week of treatment at the Bryn Mawr Hospital in Philadelphia, U.S. The news was announced by FrontPage Africa and confirmed […]
Press Release Woewiyu’s verdict: A Step for Global Justice Former Minister of Defense and Spokesman of Liberian Rebel Faction found guilty. Thomas Woewiyu found guilty on 11 counts in Philadelphia. For the first time ever, a former minister and spokesman of a Liberian rebel faction was found guilty for committing immigration fraud based on the […]
Woewiyu’s Trial Beginning: The Momentum for Justice in West Africa Liberian Rebel Faction’s Defense Minister & Spokesman Faces Trial in the United States Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu faces justice beginning this Monday June 11th, 2018, in Philadelphia. This marks the first-ever trial of someone who held a ministerial position with a major rebel faction during Liberia’s […]
Press Release Liberian Warlord “Jungle Jabbah” Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison in Milestone for Global Justice Mohammed Jabbateh, the Liberian warlord known as “Jungle Jabbah”, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, culminating a landmark case in the United States and marking a long-overdue milestone for justice in Liberia. Thirty years is the […]
Warlord Jungle Jabbah’s sentencing and further trials for alleged Liberian war criminals set for 2018 The former Liberian rebel commander Mohammed Jabbateh aka Jungle Jabbah will be sentenced by a judge in Philadelphia on 07 February 2018. Trials of other alleged Liberian war criminals have been scheduled for 2018. Jungle Jabbah faced trial in Philadelphia […]
US Court finds Liberian Rebel Commander “Jungle Jabbah” Guilty of Crimes Linked to Atrocities in Liberia’s First Civil War PHILADELPHIA – On 18 October 2017 a jury of 12 in a U.S. Federal Courthouse found former Liberian rebel commander Mohammed Jabbateh, aka “Jungle Jabbah,” guilty of two counts of fraud and two counts of perjury […]
