Scheduled to begin today, 2 October, is the trial of the alleged Liberian war criminal Mohammed Jabbateh, popularly known as “Jungle Jabbah,” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The trial will last for three weeks in the James A. Byrne U.S. The defendant allegedly lied when he denied having committed war crimes during Liberia’s first civil war (1989-1996). This will be the first time victims get to testify in a criminal trial about the first Liberian civil war. The Philadelphia trial is the first case being provided with such an extensive campaign, according to the website and noted that several other Liberian cases are expected to go forward in European countries that have extra-territorial jurisdiction for international crimes.

Source: Daily Observer October 02, 2017 02:26 UTC