The rights group based in Boston, United States, Universal Human Rights International (UHRI) has issued a press release challenging a widely held belief that the West African nation, Liberia was founded by “freed American slaves” back in the 1800s.
Instead the UHRI, which is headed by prominent Liberian-born rights advocate, Rev. Torli Krua, said Liberia was founded by the United States Congress.
The groups’ assertion comes hard on the heels of what the CDC government of President George Weah has called massive preparations to celebrate the Bicentennial (200th year) since the founding of the Liberia by freed black slaves from the US next, 2022.
President Weah recently set up a National Steering Committee for the Bicentennial celebrations.
Below is full text of the UHRI press release.
Universal Human Rights International
30 Gordon Street Boston, MA 02134
November 23, 2014
For Immediate Release: Contact: Rev. Torli H. Krua-857-249-9983
Liberia Is The Last Western Colony In Africa Yet To Be Liberated-Liberia isn’t free
The United States Of America Is Still The Colonial Master of Liberia
The Colonization of Liberia Began With The March 3, 1819 Act of Congress
The Colonization Was And Still Is Illegal. According to the US Attorney General
The Collection of Visa Fees From Liberians and denying Visa is unlawful
The United States Must Refund “nonrefundable” visa fees and Colonization Damages
Boston, Massachusetts-On December 2, 2021, The International Day For The Abolition of Slavery, the Liberian Bicentennial Awareness Campaign will be launched in Boston and Monrovia with the following goals:
Firstly, to uncover 200 years of lies and deception masterminded by the Government of the United States, in collaboration with white supremacists and slaveholders who were also high-ranking US Government officials, to sustain officially sanctioned racial discrimination unleashed against people of color codified into law on March 26, 1790.
The unmitigated act of the US Congress continues to ravage the lives of innocent people across Native American Reservations across America, in the American colony of Liberia and ravage the lives of Liberian Refugees denied work permits and access to humanitarian assistance across America.
Secondly, to request an immediate end to the unnecessary suffering of Liberian Refugees without work permits by calling on President Biden to issue an Executive Order designating Liberia for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) as a humanitarian gesture. Order investigation into the blatant racial discrimination and financial exploitation of Liberians duped millions of dollars through the unlawful “non-refundable” visa fees collected from poor Liberians.
Consistent with American and Liberian laws, “All persons born in Liberia are entitled to all privileges enjoyed by citizens of the United States.”
The United States must immediately investigate and refund the millions of dollars unlawfully connected from poor Liberians.
A lawsuit is seeking a court order, demanding that the United States Congress, which initiated officially sanctioned racial discrimination and the ongoing harm, immediately enact another counter legislation to mitigate and rectify the ongoing harm initiated by Congress on March 26, 1790.