Monrovia – The issue of security officers continuous violation the rights of civilians in Liberia has grasped the attention of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR). Bartholomew Colley, has warned security officers to stop brutalizing and violating the rights of citizens, noting that they ought to be protecting rights of civilians instead. “You need to stop the violation of human rights as national security officers bearing the flag, everyone needs to be protected under our laws and the security officers are responsible for that and not to violate,” he said. The INCHR boss at a one-day conference on the protection of civilians (POC) threatened to go after state security officers who are in the constant habit of using state uniform to intimidate civilians. Colley said government is made of the national security apparatus that is against human rights violation.

Source: Front Page Africa December 15, 2017 03:11 UTC