Monrovia, March 30 -- People living with disabilities and women's rights groups took center stage at a meeting of stakeholders in Liberia's transitional justice process on Friday. While stressing the importance of the country's nascent war and economics court, the groups said the process needed to go beyond criminal accountability and provide reparations in various forms, including medical. And, they said, it needed to happen fast.

"People with disabilities are dying on a daily basis. Every week, we bury," said Daintowon Domah Pay-Bayee, ex-executive director of the National Commission on Disabilities during the meeting held at the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court Mamba Point. "Some of them can't even afford the antibiotics that ...