Women’s Rights Groups Push Senate to Strengthen War Crimes Court Bill With Gender Justice Provisions
MONROVIA – A coalition of international and Liberian women's rights organizations has urged the Liberian Senate to strengthen the draft ...
Tag: Human Rights
Albinism Advocates Issue Two-Week Deadline: Demand Health Minister Act on Urgent Medical Supply Gaps
Monrovia – The Liberia Albinism Society (LAS) has given Health Minister Dr. Louis M. Kpoto a firm two-week deadline to ...
Five Years in the Funeral Home: Joe Kolleh’s Family Hopes for Justice Dashed
Joe Kolleh died in police custody in Nimba County MONROVIA — Five years and fourteen days after Joe Kolleh died ...
Grand Kru Mob Attack Raises Alarm Over Vigilante Violence and Cultural Coercion
By Henry N. Kolenky Wilsonville, Trehn District, Grand Kru County — A brutal assault in southeastern Grand Kru County is ...
Liberia’s War Crimes Court Is Out of Time — and Out of Excuses
Seventeen years after Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission outlined a clear path to justice, the country now faces a critical ...
CEMESP Raises Alarm Over Press Freedom Backsliding as Liberia Marks World Press Freedom Day
Monrovia – The Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP-Liberia) has called for urgent action to safeguard press freedom in ...
Bomi County Arrest Sparks Outcry as Woman Alleges Miscarriage After LDEA Operation
BOMI COUNTY – A controversial drug enforcement operation in Bomi County has triggered public outcry after a woman alleged she ...
Church Human Rights Monitor condemns forced evictions in Monrovia
MONROVIA — The human rights monitor of the Liberia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church has condemned recent demolitions ...
Threats mount against Liberian activist Abigail Freeman over her online advocacy against FGM
MONROVIA — Liberian human rights advocate Abigail B. L. Freeman has faced a surge of intimidation, cyber harassment, and direct ...
Liberia and the Implementation of International Law: Challenges and Prospects
International Law governs the relations between territories and facilitates peace and diplomacy amongst states and nations. Liberia is in West ...
