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A 50-year old Sierra Leone man suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity from 1999 through 2003 during Liberia's civil war, hides his face as he arrives for a custody hearing at the Pirkanmaa District Court in Tampere, Finland, on Thursday March 12, 2020. The accused man is not publicly named, facing accusations of several murders, gross human rights abuses in exceptional circumstances, aggravated war crimes and an aggravated rape. (Mika Kanerva/Lehtikuva via AP)

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Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case
March 12, 2020 1:46 p.m.

Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case

HELSINKI (AP) — A Finnish court has jailed in a custody hearing a 50-year-old Sierra Leone man suspected of committing serious war crimes and crimes against humanity from 1999 through 2003 during Liberia's bloody second civil war.