Prisoner Release – 2003

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Prisoner Release – 2003

2003

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The Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), the rebel group which controlled southeastern Liberia, released 28 war detainees to the ICRC on October 29, 2003.1 The MODEL was the first of three groups to release detainees since the peace agreement.

No further information is available, however the US State Department, in its Human Rights report, suggested that there were not any prisoners of war and detainees in Liberia.2

  1. “Liberia; MODEL Releases 28 War Detainees to ICRC,” Africa News, October 29, 2003.
  2. “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices — Liberia — 2003,” US State Department, accessed May 10, 2004, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27735.htm.