GENEVA – The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has announced that new dates for the trial of Alieu Kosiah, former United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) commander. Alieu Kosiah will be the first person to be tried for war crimes in front of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, and the first Liberian tried for war crimes committed during the Liberian Civil Wars. On March 22, 2019, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland presented an indictment against Alieu Kosiah to the Federal Criminal Court. On Oct. 31, 2019, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court set Kosiah’s trial from 14 to 30 April 2020 in Bellinzona (canton of Ticino). On 25 November 2019, the Federal Criminal Court dismissed the complaint accusing him of participation in a massacre committed by the ULIMO.

Source: Front Page Africa August 25, 2020 06:45 UTC