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96 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1354.
97 Id.
98 Id.
99 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 107.
100 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1520.
101 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 205.
102 Id.
103 Id.
104 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 115.
105 Id.
106 deP’t of stAte Country rePorts 1990, supra note 7,
at 194.
107 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 230.
108 deP’t of stAte Country rePorts 1990, supra note 7,
at 193.
109 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 123.
110 ellis, supra note 1, at 84. Ellis notes that as early
as February 1990, there were indications of division
between the NPFL and INPFL. Id. at 82. Human
Rights Watch estimates that the INPFL split from
the NPFL as early as February 1990. Liberia: A
Human Rights Disaster, supra note 91, at 3.
111 Liberia: A Human Rights Disaster, supra note 91, at 3.
112 Id.
113 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1440.
114 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 247.
115 Id.
116 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 325.
117 See, e.g., TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 1587
(describing how statement giver’s resistance to rape
by INPFL rebels resulted in them stabbing her in the
chest and killing her son) and 547 (describing how
rebels shot and killed statement giver’s sister after
she refused to become a bush wife for them).
118 TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 389 (describing how
Prince Johnson shot and killed his entire family in
front of statement giver ), 44 (describing how Prince
Johnson killed other people, including a woman
accused of spying for Taylor and a founder of a local
school), 790 (describing how Prince Johnson shot
statement giver’s uncle and three friends for not
giving his men canoes).
119 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 88.
120 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 247.
172
121 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1180.
122 See, e.g. TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 919.
123 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 403.
124 Id.
125 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1586.
126 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1579.
127 See deP’t of stAte Country rePorts 1990, supra
note 7, at 192.
128 Liberia: A Human Rights Disaster, supra note 91, at 3.
129 ellis, supra note 1, at 124. Ellis notes that people
came to Monrovia from throughout the country
and adjacent countries during these clashes for what
they saw as the chance to plunder valuables for
themselves. Id.
130 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1651.
131 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1564.
132 Id.
133 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 913. But see TRC
Diaspora Statement Rec. 1415 (describing how
a radio station reported that rebels were nearby,
causing people to stockpile food and basic supplies).
134 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 15.
135 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1415.
136 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 210.
137 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1576.
138 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 742. The statement
giver was unable to identify to which rebel group
they belonged, but noted the perpetrators wore red
with scorpions on their shirts. Id.
139 Id.
140 Id.
141 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 106.
142 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 34.
143 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 913.
144 Other inappropriate treatment of the bodies included
cannibalism.
145 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1354.
146 See TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 230, 469, 1203.
The New York Times reported witness estimates at
600 and U.S. State Department reported estimates at
200-300. Liberia Troops Accused Of Massacre in Church,
n.y. times, July 31, 1990. A later report from the
State Department estimated the number of deaths
to be 600. deP’t of stAte Country rePorts 1990,