The Liberian government has created a special court to deal with rising rape cases and other forms of violence against women. Liberia's women rights groups led by the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) had been advocating for the setting up of the special court for two years. The organization frequently blamed the slow progress of rape cases through the existing courts for lack of justice for rape victims. Liberia’s Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis as recently as October 2006 had rejected calls for the establishment of the court.
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