Tyrant with Certificate of Return Still Tyrant - Ex-Liberian President, Weah Warns

Tyrant with Certificate of Return still tyrant - Ex-Liberian President, Weah warns

Former Liberian President, George Weah says any tyrant who wins an election and is handed a Certificate of Return remains a tyrant. Weah made this

Africa: Weah Warns West Africa of Tyrants Elected At the Ballot Box

MONROVIA - Elected presidents in West Africa are sliding into dictatorship by bending courts to their will and reducing legislatures to echo chambers, former President George Weah told Africa's largest bar association on Sunday, warning that a leader who takes office through a clean ballot can end up governing no differently than the soldiers who seize power at gunpoint.

Falana criticises NBA over invitation of George Weah

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for inviting former Liberian President George Weah to speak at its annual conference.

Falana Accuses Weah Of Undermining Liberia’s Judiciary, Faults NBA Invitation

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for inviting former Liberian President George Weah to speak at its annual general conference. Falana accused Weah’s administration of undermining judicial independence and disregarding judgments of the ECOWAS Court during his tenure as Liberia’s president between 2018 and 2024. The senior lawyer spoke in a video posted on the NBA’s …

“Weah Refused To Obey ECOWAS Court Judgments” — Falana Criticises NBA For Giving Ex-Liberian President Conference Platform

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, SAN, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association over its decision to invite former Liberian President George Weah to deliver a keynote address at the Association’s 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Falana, speaking at the conference on Monday, called on the leadership of the NBA to exercise greater scrutiny in selecting African leaders invited to addre…

A tyrant with certificate of return is still a tyrant, democracy is beyond elections —George Weah

George Weah, former president of Liberia, has urged Nigerian lawyers to defend judicial independence and resist attempts by political leaders to weaken institutions that safeguard democracy.   Weah spoke at the 66th annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, where he said the strength of a democracy depends not only on elections but also on the institutions that restrain the exercise of political powe…