Other Warlords And Rebel Commanders That Are At-large
Charles Taylor: Leader of the National Patriotic Front
Taylor was indicted for his links with Sierra Leonean rebels, but yet to be indicted for the various crimes he committed in Liberia.
Prince Johnson: Warlord of the Independent Patriotic Front
Elected Senator For Nimba County: Known for his personal involvement in killing of both innocent and armed individuals under the guise of discipline. He was seen in a video as he ordered his men to torture former Liberian ruler Samuel Doe to death, and kept his skull which he displayed to visitors and guests
Thomas Decontee Woewiyu
Described as Defense Minister For National Patriotic Front.He ordered the deaths of Six Senegalese soldiers who were members of the West African Peacekeeping Force
Adolphus Dolo: A Top NPFL Rebel Commander, Former Senator From Nimba County
Served as head of the NPFL "Looting" brigade in whose hands several Liberians lost their lives as their homes were being looted. Was recent defeated in the 2011 Liberian election as he sought a second term as senator for Nimba County.
According some statistics released at the human rights forum held by African League For Human Rights and Democracy, or ALHRD, since 1900 to the presence over 169 million people have been killed by their governments and rebel groups, and most often the perpetrators make their way into the United States or in other western countries to try to hide from their criminal past. In addition, sometimes torment their victims who they meet, especially in the US very helpless to do anything. However, that was then, but now with various US statutes now on the books giving war crimes victims ...
The conviction of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor by the UN-back International Criminal Court is welcome news with mixed feelings for Liberia. Indicting and convicting Mr. Taylor for crimes based on circumstantial evidence and indirect role in the Sierra Leone war, while ignoring crimes he directly committed, including those of others in Liberia...
Testimony of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Executive Committee, Liberia Action Party Before the Africa Subcommittee: June 19,1990
Chairman Wolpe, I thank you and members of the African Subcommittee, for the opportunity to give testimony concerning the current crisis in Liberia. My name is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a member of the Executive Committee of the Liberia Action Party. I was twice jailed between 1985 and 1986, charged respectively with sedition and treason as a result of my activity with the party. Thanks to you and to several human rights monitoring organizations, I am free.
Alhaji Kromah: ULIMO-K Warlord: Now Ambassador At-Large
Roland Duo: Top NPFL Commander: Now Coordinator For Special Operations
John T. Richardson: Top NPFL General: Now Board Chairman, National Housing Authority
After Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was declared the victor of the 2005 presidential election, and her subsequent inauguration as president of Liberia in 2006, “chorus of Hosanna” greeted these events from every known corners of the world. Madam Sirleaf’s election was hailed with many positive attributes, prominent among them were that she was the best person at the time for
On Aug. 3, 1987, Kelbessa Negewo debarked from a T.W.A. flight in New York. He cleared customs and entered the United States. A strong, thickset man, just a few weeks shy of his 37th birthday, he was traveling alone,
CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama announced Monday the first ever White House position dedicated to preventing and responding to mass atrocities, as well as an executive order authorizing new sanctions against Iran and Syria.
When federal agents finally caught up with Gilberto Jordan, he had all the trappings of a solid American life: a house in a tidy South Florida neighborhood, steady work as a chef and a spotless record as a law-abiding citizen since emigrating from Guatemala in the early 1990s.
Efforts are underway in the US Congress to extend trial for those living in America and accused of committing crimes against humanity, not only torture, as was the case of Chuckie Taylor, son of former President Charles Taylor, who could not be prosecuted for crimes against humanity because of a legal loophole, according to the Voice of America
Elected Senator For Nimba County: Known for his personal involvement in killing of both innocent and armed individuals under the guise of discipline. He was seen in a video as he ordered his men to torture former Liberian ruler Samuel Doe to death
