SPECIAL REPORT: Rape survivors demand justice as Kano fails to domesticate important lawsHerbert Wigwe from afar, By Kenneth AmaeshiCounting days, World War III enthusiast, Macron will leave, By Owei LakemfaSPECIAL REPORT: Rape survivors demand justice as Kano fails to domesticate important lawsHerbert Wigwe from afar, By Kenneth AmaeshiCounting days, World War III enthusiast, Macron will leave, By Owei Lakemfa“If a man left home they were not sure he would come back,” Mr Stewart told the court.
The judge did not ask to hear arguments from the two sides today. It is expected that he will address the issue on Thursday. Chief judge Jean Marc Lavergne asked Mr Stewart what the Liberian people thought about this trial in France, and the other trials of those accused of crimes in Liberia that had been held in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and the United States.
Luther J. Sumo, county attorney of Lofa, appeared by videolink from Monrovia to testify to the horrors he witnessed during the war and also his role in the investigation that led to the indictment of Kunti Kamara. Mr Sumo explained the layered relationships between factions, tribes, religions and traditional societies. Judge Lavergne asked if the eating of hearts and body parts, described by witnesses and victims in the first trial, was part of a ritual or just barbarity.