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Africa-Press<\/a> – Liberia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Thomas Rejects Judgment. Activists Call on Government to Prosecute. By Mae Azango and Anthony Stephens with New Narratives It was one of the most brutal massacres of the Liberian civil war. In April 1990 soldiers loyal to embattled President Samuel Doe shot and hacked to death 600 men, women, children and babies seeking refuge in the church. It would become known as the Lutheran Church massacre and bring international attention to the conflict that was unfolding. The massacre is blamed for a cascade of revenge killings that fueled 14-years of civil conflict that destroyed the country and left 250,000 people dead.<\/p>\n

For more than three decades no one has been held to account. That changed in a Philadelphia court on Friday when a judge made a surprise ruling that held Moses Thomas, a former top commander with the elite Special Anti-Terrorist Unit of Doe\u2019s military forces living in the U.S. city, civilly liable for the massacre.<\/p>\n

Ruling in the civil case, brought by four Liberian survivors, U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker concluded that the plaintiffs should be allowed to collect damages from Moses Thomas, 67, who had been living in Philadelphia since fleeing Liberia in 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is directly liable for the wrongful acts during the massacre,\u201d Judge Tucker wrote. \u201cHe intentionally directed an attack on a building dedicated to religion, personally directed an attack on civilians and committed the crime against humanity of persecution. He oversaw the events and only declared an end to the shooting when he understood the occupants of the church to have been all killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Tucker said the plaintiffs lost close relatives and suffered \u201cserious, prolonged physical and mental harms as a result of the massacre.\u201d Justice activists Global Justice and Research Project and the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) working with US law firms Debevoise & Plimpton and Blank Rome, who brought the suit against Thomas at the district court on behalf of the victims of the massacre hailed the judgment.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than two decades, Liberians have known that their government perpetrated the Lutheran Church Massacre,\u201d said Hassan Bility of Global Justice Research Project. \u201cThe decision finds conclusive evidence of government responsibility for the massacre, as well as Thomas\u2019 individual role in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis judgment is a key step towards achieving justice not only for our clients, but also for other survivors and victims of Liberia\u2019s civil wars,\u201d said Nushin Sarkarati, senior staff attorney at CJA. \u201cThe court\u2019s decision establishes the historical record for the Lutheran Church Massacre, recognizes the attack was a war crime and a crime against humanity, and is the first to hold a member of the government\u2019s armed forces responsible for war-time atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas, who moved back to Liberia voluntarily in 2020, angrily rejected the verdict when reached by phone. \u201cIt\u2019s a stupid judgment. It\u2019s an abuse of justice. What is the evidence? It\u2019s nonsense,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI know I was not part of the Lutheran Church massacre. I did not go. Even the Bishop, the Lutheran board, everybody knows who committed that act. So, for them to come to say they rendered judgment against me, finding scapegoat, it\u2019s nonsense. I don\u2019t even want to want do dignify that. It\u2019s stupidity. It\u2019s an abuse of justice\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked who may have ordered the attack, Thomas said it was a stupid question our team posed to him, wondering why we didn\u2019t ask the NSA, police and military at the time to look into their files for the massacre.<\/p>\n

Thomas was sued by four unnamed victims of his atrocities under the U.S. 1992 federal Torture Victim Prevention act. He was found liable for the killings after his lawyer failed to respond to the claims against him by the victims\u2019 lawyers. Prosecutors were unable to find a criminal statute with which to prosecute Thomas. Federal human rights violation laws did not come into place until after 1990. And there was no evidence Thomas committed immigration fraud, the violation for which Mohammed Jabbateh and Thomas Jucontee Woewiyu were convicted in Pennsylvania in 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n

The next step will be a damages hearing by a different judge to determine how much Thomas must pay. If he has assets in the U.S. they can be used to enforce the judgment. The plaintiffs can also try to enforce the judgment in Liberia. Thomas said he would not be paying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a f\u2026\u2026cent to pay. It\u2019s nonsense. It\u2019s stupidity,\u201d he said. But justice activists say responsibility now lies with the Liberian government to pursue the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that Thomas is back in Liberia, the Liberian government must investigate and prosecute him for this crime, and any others,\u201d said Mr. Bility. \u201cUntil there is domestic accountability in Liberia, survivors and victims cannot live in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet them go to the Liberian government and let them prosecute me for Lutheran Church. I say it\u2019s stupidity. I don\u2019t even want to talk about it. If they have evidence, let them produce the evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n

To prosecute Thomas, Liberian prosecutors would have to build their own case though they would have access to the evidence presented in the Philadelphia case. Justice Minister, Musa Dean did not respond to requests for comment on whether the government would pursue a case against Thomas or whether they would support the victims efforts to receive damages. Given the Weah administration\u2019s resistance to establishing a war crimes court in Liberia, a case against Thomas does not seem likely.<\/p>\n

Survivors of the massacre were pleased with the historic verdict that finally held someone accountable for the massacre that devastated their lives. \u201cMy husband and his brother were killed,\u201d said one victim, now 52, who does not want to be identified. \u201cMy sister and her children were all killed at the church. My son was three years old when the bullet touched his leg\u201d.<\/p>\n

Her then three-year-old son, now 32 with two children of his own, walks with crutches after his left leg was amputated from the hips when it was riddled by eight bullets.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of my condition, I have lost two relationships and I am not working.\u201d Both victims said there were frightened to reveal their identity now that Thomas has returned to Liberia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I hear the man who did that bad this thing to us is here, I am scared,\u201d the son said. \u201cEvery time talking to international press is risky. I live in a zinc house and I am not protected, and anybody can jump in and do whatever they can do to me\u201d.<\/p>\n

This report was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of its West Africa Justice Reporting Project.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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