But the handwriting was all along on the wall, for even the blind, that he came to climb on the people's back for implanting a more debased tyranny. The landlord of the building has reportedly lost patience and is fed-up with unfulfilled promises of payment. There is a need for redemption before it is too late. As UN sanctions approach, repression of critics escalates Liberian security officers responsible for torture and ill-treatment of students should be immediately investigated and brought to justice, said Amnesty International today. Manhunt for Students, several arrested President Charles Taylor has unleashed his security forces for a manhunt of university students attacked Wednesday for staging a solidarity march to support detained journalists.
Reports say many have been taken to unknown destinations and that their fate is yet uncertain.
Other unconfirmed reports say there were a number of deaths when the security men invaded the campus Wednesday. Unknown number of students were severely wounded. Several homes in Jallah Town, a poor neighbourhood near the university campus where many students live, were destroyed, broken into, and looted by marauding security men searching for students who had planned a solidarity rally for four detained journalists on espionage charge. Unconfirmed reports speak of a number of deaths. The two-month deadline given to Liberia to comply, with UN ultimatum of totally disengaging from its admitted involvement with Sierra Leone rebels, is gradually fading.