“This is the third time in a row that the hearing of the victims we represent is postponed, despite the fact that our clients had confirmed their desire to come to Switzerland and testify.” – Alain WernerThe Swiss Federal Criminal Court announced that the Alieu Kosiah trial will be partially postponed until the beginning of 2021 – tentatively in February. The Court has decided to only proceed with the preliminary questions and the hearing of the defendant from December 3 to December 11, 2020. The rest of the trial – the hearing of the plaintiffs and the witnesses, and the final pleadings – should take place in February 2021. This is the fourth time that the trial has been postponed, either entirely or partially, since the Attorney General (OAG) indicted Alieu Kosiah in March 2019. Kosiah was arrested in November 2014 following several criminal complaints filed against him in Switzerland.

Source: Front Page Africa November 23, 2020 17:15 UTC