A rebel commander during the first Liberian Civil War, Kunti Kamara goes on trial in Paris on Monday for crimes against humanity, torture, and acts of barbarity, including the enslavement of an entire community in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia.
"From 1993 to 1995, United Liberation Movement of Liberia , enslaved the local population," says Alain Werner, director of, which provides independent legal representation for victims of crimes against humanity.
Civitas Maxima represents several victims who are plaintiffs in the proceedings against Kunti Kamara. The organisation is itself a civil party in the case which opened in Paris on Monday. Eyewitnesses who spoke to Liberian and French members of the fact-finding mission in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia, in 2019 repeatedly identified Kamara as the perpetrator of various acts, including enslaving the village of Foya. Those still living in the village reportedly named him responsible for a series of six murders carried out under his orders in 1993.
Although he obtained Dutch nationality, Kamara eventually moved to France in 2016 and trained as an electrician. He was granted French nationality.
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