The United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy–Johnson faction (ULIMO-J) was a rebel group that was active during the First Liberian Civil War.

Originally part of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy

United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy

The United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy was a rebel group that participated in the First Liberian Civil War ....

 (ULIMO), the group split into two factions in 1994: ULIMO-J, an ethnic Krahn

Krahn

Krahn is an ethnic group of Liberia; it is also the language traditionally spoken by these people.- History :The Krahn Arrived in the area known as Ivory Coast and Liberia from Northern Africa shortly before the slaves trade. Most of these people were taken as slaves to the United States and the...

 faction led by General Roosevelt Johnson

Roosevelt Johnson

David Roosevelt Johnson was a Liberian who led a rebel group during the country's civil war. He is a member of the Krahn ethnic group....

 and ULIMO-K, which was mainly Mandingo

Mandinka people

The Mandinka, Malinke are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa with an estimated population of eleven million ....

 and led by Alhaji G.V. Kromah

Alhaji G.V. Kromah

Professor Alhaji G.V. Kromah,Esq. is a veteran Liberian Journalist/writer, politician, Lawyer and former national resistance leader. He is a moderate Muslim and member of the Mandingo ethnic group from Tusu Town, Quardu-Gboni District, Lofa County. He attended St...

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ULIMO-J was poorly ruled, which led to leadership struggles and general discontent among its fighters. It had approximately 8,000 combatants.

Members of both factions committed a number of human rights

Human rights

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 abuses, including the burning of villages, murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

, rape

Rape

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, mutilation

Mutilation

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, and looting

Looting

Looting —also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging—is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as during war, natural disaster, or rioting...

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