Liberia: Ex-NPFL Fighter, Taylor Bodyguard Briefly Held in Belgium - News Summed Up

Liberia: Ex-NPFL Fighter, Taylor Bodyguard Briefly Held in Belgium


File photo: The Liberian civil war left over 250,000 deadBRUSSELS – FrontPageAfrica has been reliably informed that authorities in Belgium briefly held Mr. Logan Davies, Director of the Seaport Police and a former rebel general of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front. Johnson was arrested in September 2014 in Gent, Belgium, and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Her arrest marked the first time ever a Liberian was criminally charged for international crimes allegedly committed during the 1st civil war in Liberia (1989-1996). Agnes Taylor, an ex-wife of ex-president Taylor, was arrested in June 2017 and charged with torture for her alleged involvement with atrocities committed by Taylor’s rebel group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), during the first Liberian Civil War. More than 35 witnesses testified to his direct and indirect involvement with war crimes during the civil war.


Source: Front Page Africa November 28, 2019 14:48 UTC



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