Liberia: Rights Activists Call On Boakai to Fund War Crimes Court

Activists and human rights actors advocating for the establishment of a war and economic crimes court in Liberia have called on President Joseph Boakai to provide full funding to enable the court to bring justice to victims of the country’s 14-year civil war, which lasted between 1989 and 2003, killing more than 200,000 people and displacing many.

During a national transitional justice coordinating meeting, the activists reiterated their demand, urging the president to go beyond issuing an…