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Suspected Gay Men, Teenager Brutalize in New Wave of Homophobic Attack

May 11, 2021 by Gboko Stewart

By Gboko Stewart, gboko@journalrage.org Paynesville—Daniel Johnson, Richmond Jones, and Joseph David were returning from a wake keeping ceremony in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 8, in the Gobachop community of Paynesville when they were hassled and severely beaten by members of a community watch team over unfounded suspicion they were gays. Daniel (name … [Read more...] about Suspected Gay Men, Teenager Brutalize in New Wave of Homophobic Attack

Ex-Soldier Charged over Brutalization of 27 Persons

October 19, 2020 by Gboko Stewart

By Gboko Stewart, gboko@journalrage.org Monrovia-Cheeseman Cole, ex-soldier of the Armed Forces of Liberia has been formally charged and forwarded to court. Cole has been charged with Aggravated Assault, Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder, Possession, Sale of Physical Objects for Lethal Use, Felonious Restraint, and Theft of Property, according to the charge sheet in … [Read more...] about Ex-Soldier Charged over Brutalization of 27 Persons

Police Arrest ‘AFL’ Personnel; Two Fear Dead

October 9, 2020 by Gboko Stewart

By Gboko Stewart, gboko@journalrage.org Monrovia-The Liberia National Police, acting on a complaint—including a writ of arrest, search and seizure warrant—from the family of a missing man and journalRAGE’s story which was lifted on FrontPage Africa, have arrested Cheeseman Cole.  Win Kortee (named modified to protect his identity) reported to be one of … [Read more...] about Police Arrest ‘AFL’ Personnel; Two Fear Dead

‘Army’ Personnel Uses God as Subterfuge to Brutalize 27 Suspected Gay Men

October 7, 2020 by Gboko Stewart

Monrovia—When Gbada Flomo (name changed to protect his identity) chatted with Cheeseman Cole—a ‘personnel’ of the Armed Forces of Liberia—on Facebook, little did he know it was a booby trap meant to bait him to an obscure location to be deathly beaten and have him robbed of his belongings.   “He used a Facebook’s friend account to chat with me,” said Flomo in a state of … [Read more...] about ‘Army’ Personnel Uses God as Subterfuge to Brutalize 27 Suspected Gay Men

‘Most Liberian men are gay’: Fashion model riles social media

May 20, 2020 by Gboko Stewart

By Gboko Stewart, gboko@journalrage.org Monrovia-Fashion model, Tarus P. Cole, has riled social media over comments that most Liberian men are gay.  “I can say—I’m not afraid to say it—99 percent of Liberian men—they are gay,” he said, though he did not provide the reliance for his statement.  In a live Facebook interview with the government-owned Liberian … [Read more...] about ‘Most Liberian men are gay’: Fashion model riles social media

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