Liberia, March 28 -- By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with New Narratives

PARIS, France - As the appeal of a former commander of the rebel group Ulimo, of his 2022 war crimes conviction enters its final days, defense lawyers for Kunti Kamara called on the three judge panel and nine jurors to overturn the conviction saying there is a lack of evidence Kamara committed the crimes.

According to Kamara's lawyers, his earlier sentence of life imprisonment should not be upheld because the evidence provided by prosecutors and civil parties is largely based on the unreliable testimonies of victims and witnesses from events that happened 30 years ago. Unlike in English/American based judicial systems including Liberia, where the prosecution must convince...