Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s appointment of Counselor Jonathan Massaquoi as Executive Director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court has been heavily criticized by over 76 human rights organizations as they reject his nomination.

The Liberian leader recently appointed Massaquoi to head the Office of War Crimes, empowering him to formulate mechanisms to prosecute warlords and their financiers.

The human rights groups argue, among other things, that Massaquoi’s role in representing Reeves-Taylor, the wife of the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, in defamation lawsuits against justice activists, does not instill confidence in his ability to remain impartial. Here is Lead campaigner of the Human rights groupings Adama Dempster