CJA In The News

A legal case against the Assad regime for the murder of Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is currently awaiting judgment and may have considerable historic significance, and could help prevent alleged war criminals accessing funds to rebuild the bru

“I sometimes think that her being [In Libya] during the bombing and surviving exposed a level of risk taking that lingered just below the surface and led to her career as a war correspondent.” UPI, October 30, 2018 > Read Full Article

The New York Times: In the new movie “A Private War,” Rosamund Pike plays Marie Colvin, the Long Island-raised, London-based journalist who was killed in Syria in 2012. >> Read full article

The Nation: Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes. >> Read full article

Front Page Africa: A large coalition of international NGOs are working alongside local Liberian groups to put pressure on President George Weah to establish a war crimes court. >> Read full article

CNN: Christiane Amanpour talks to Rosamund Pike, who portrays journalist Marie Colvin in “A Private War,” and Lindsey Hilsum, who wrote a biography of Colvin’s life. >> Watch full video

Democracy Now: As Pope Francis names Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a saint, we continue our interview with Matt Eisenbrandt, a human rights lawyer and the author of “Assassination of a Saint: The Plot to Murder Óscar Romero and the Quest to Bring

US House Foreign Affairs Committee passes resolution supporting the implementation of recommendations from Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Washington DC, October 4, 2018 – The US House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed a resolu

Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe: “They know the taste of good life now, and getting them out of the luxury to account for crimes perpetrated against innocent people will be more painful than what they did to victimize people.” -Says Cllr. Gongloe All Africa By Jo

TRANS AFRICA RADIO by Jay Tee (New York) – Liberian President George Weah should show leadership at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly by announcing his government’s endorsement of justice and reparations for victims of grave crimes during the co