AA/Tunisia/Nadia Chahed
Former Liberian rebel Kunti Kamara was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Paris Association Court.
This former commander of Ulimo, the United Liberation Movement for Democracy, was sentenced on Wednesday, Africanews reports.
Kunti Kamara, who was found guilty of “inhumane acts of torture and barbarism” against civilians during the first civil war in Liberia in 1989-1997, the same media reports.
According to the same source, during the trial, the 49-year-old man continued to declare his innocence and remained adamant about the sentence handed down to him.
In 2022, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at first instance in an unprecedented trial held under the “universal jurisdiction” implemented by France under certain conditions to try the most serious crimes committed outside its soil, Africanews recalls.
As a political refugee in France, the status he obtained after lying about his past in the Netherlands, Kunti Kamara was arrested in September 2018 in Bobin, following a complaint by the NGO Civitas Maxima, which fights impunity, according to the same source.
The civil war in Liberia, which claimed 250,000 lives between 1989 and 2003, was one of the deadliest conflicts on the African continent, with massacres, maimings, rapes, acts of cannibalism and forced conscription of child soldiers.
New President Joseph Boakai recently ordered the creation of a special court to ensure justice for victims of serious violence committed during the period, Africanews notes.
Source: AA
Mary is a professional journalist, working at 247 News Update. She writes on various topics from world news to general interest article, providing readers with relevant and informative content. With years of experience, she brings a unique perspective and in-depth analysis to her work.
