Hassan Bility speaks on Agnes Reeves Taylor Trial at the launch of a booklet on war crimes court in LiberiaMonrovia– Hassan Bility of Global Justice Research Program (GJRP) has dismissed claim by the family of Agnes Reeves Taylor that she could not have committed the crimes she’s accused of, because her name is not in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) report. Report by Mae Azango, New Narratives Justice CorrespondentGJRP collaborates with the Switzerland-based Civitas Maxima in the prosecution of Liberians in Europe and America, including ex-ULIMO generals Kunti Kamara in France and Alieu Kosiah in Switzerland, and Reeves Taylor in London. He was responding to accusation by the family of Reeves Taylor that he had something personal against the ex-wife of former President Charles Taylor. He cited an example with Kunti Kamara, the ex-ULIMO general is has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in France in September last year. “The TRC recommendation does not say that only [the people it listed] should be prosecuted,” he said.

Source: Front Page Africa May 13, 2019 17:03 UTC