Liberia, Nov. 23 -- The Swiss Federal Criminal Courtannouncedthat theAlieu Kosiahtrial will be partially postponed until the beginning of 2021 - tentatively in February.
The Court has decided to only proceed with the preliminary questions and the hearing of the defendant from December 3 to December 11, 2020. The rest of the trial - the hearing of the plaintiffs and the witnesses, and the final pleadings - should take place in February 2021.The authorities stated that they took this decision because the epidemiological situation in Switzerland did not sufficiently improve to allow the victims and witnesses to travel and stay in Switzerland safely.This is the fourth time that the trial has been postponed, either entirely or partially, since ...