Monster or savior? (Swiss Press Text 2021, by Michael Schilliger) - Swiss Press Award
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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2021
Michael Schilliger
Liberian warlord A. Kosiah spent six years in pre-trial detention in Switzerland. He is alleged to have committed serious war crimes in Liberia. But for many Liberians, he is a hero. Now he is coming before the Federal Criminal Court – the first suspected war criminal ever to do so. But how can Switzerland investigate crimes that occurred 30 years ago in an area thousands of kilometers away?
