In 2007, J Barbee Yekeson, encountered his ordeal when was working as a volunteer teacher at the time he was seeking refuge in neighboring Guinea. In an interview with FrontPageAfrica on Wednesday, Mr. Tarnue said the perpetrators of the crime committed against Yekeson were security personnel assigned by the UNHCR. Yekeson here was a volunteer teacher in the camp, he was falsely accused and brutalized by the security that the UNHCR assigned to protect the refugees,” said Tarnue. The advocate along with Mr. Yekeson and his family including his wife and children staged a peaceful protest in front of the UN One House in Monrovia. According to them, they will continue to protest daily until the UNHCR gives them redress.

Source: Front Page Africa January 10, 2020 00:45 UTC