Call For War Crimes ProsecutionShortly after his inauguration, President Weah received a communication from some 20 African and Liberian-based Human Rights Groups urging him to prosecute war crimes, which engulfed Africa’s oldest republic for more than a decade. The groups called upon President Weah, "to fulfill Liberia's obligations to investigate and prosecute wartime atrocities." Earlier last week at the National Peace and Reconciliation Conference in Monrovia, President Weah acknowledged that, “True reconciliation is still illusive”. Martina Johnson who was arrested in 2014, was a commander of NPFL and was accused of committing war crimes, including leading the infamous “Operation Octopus”. Most war victims survived mass killings on the Du Port Road, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church compound, and Phebe Hospital in Bong County amongst others.

Source: Front Page Africa March 26, 2018 00:56 UTC