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Liberia’s jailed ex-President Charles Taylor ‘wants presidential pension’

January 16, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Liberia’s jailed ex-President and war criminal Charles Taylor appears to have written to MPs demanding an annual state pension of $25,000 (£15,600). Liberian Senate Secretary Nanborloh Singbeh said the letter would be discussed by MPs next week. The letter purportedly … read more »

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Liberia: New austerity budget cuts expenses

September 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

(AP) — Liberia has a new $672 million austerity budget that cut official travel expenses to channel more funds to infrastructure. The controversial budget also freezes salaries for civil servants. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed the budget late Wednesday, after … read more »

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Liberia’s Taylor appeals war crimes conviction

July 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor has appealed his conviction and 50-year jail sentence for war crimes in Sierra Leone, the international court handling the case said on Thursday. “Charles Taylor appeals against the judgement and the sentencing judgement… and respectfully requests … read more »

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Charles Taylor to appeal sentence

June 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Hague – Lawyers for Liberia’s former president Charles Taylor plan to appeal a 50-year prison sentence handed down to him by a special UN-backed court last month, a document before the court said on Tuesday. “The defence provides notice … read more »

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Liberia: Power Play or Justcie -Defense Says Taylor?s Trial ?Deeply Flawed?

June 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

After six years of labyrinthine trial that drew strange witnesses from halfway around the globe, the 3-man Trial Chamber II of the Special Court of Sierra Leone, late last month, sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in … read more »

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Liberia: The Charles Taylor Verdict

June 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Former Liberian president, Mr Charles Taylor, was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for his role during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Taylor was charged with aiding and abetting former … read more »

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Mixed Reaction to Sentencing of Liberia’s Charles Taylor

May 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. Hundreds of people turned out at a courthouse in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, to … read more »

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Why Charles Taylor deserves 80 years in prison

May 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

On 16 May, convicted war criminal, Charles Taylor, delivered a 30-minute speech – part plea for clemency, part lubricious defence of his actions, and part grandstanding – before his trial judges at The Hague as he awaits sentencing on 30 … read more »

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Witnesses paid to testify against me, Says Charles Taylor

May 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Leidschendam – Convicted war criminal and former Liberian president Charles Taylor said during his sentencing hearing on Wednesday that he sympathises with victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone he helped foment, and asked judges to render their sentence … read more »

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Charles Taylor’s lawyer to argue his sentencing

May 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Hague – Sierra Leone’s UN-backed war crimes court will hear arguments on Wednesday on the sentencing of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, who has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutors before the Special Court for Sierra … read more »

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Charles Taylor’s defence argues 80-year jail term

May 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Lawyers for Charles Taylor have described the demand by the prosecution at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone for an 80-year jail term as “excessive” and urged a lighter sentence. The defence team headed by newly hired lawyer Morris … read more »

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Courts in charge of (re)writing history?

May 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Vincent Larochelle My only worry is that the whole system is not consistent with all the principles we know and love, and the system is not consistent with all the values of international criminal justice, and I’m afraid the whole … read more »

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Warlord Charles Taylor Caged! Justice for Sierra Leone! No Justice for Ethiopia?

May 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Warlord Charles Taylor Caged! After 420 days of trial (over nearly four years), 115 witness, over 50,000 pages of testimony, and 1,520 exhibits, Charles Taylor, warlord-turned-president of Liberia, was found guilty on 11 counts by the U.N. Special Court for … read more »

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Special Court for Sierra Leone / Morris Anyah Named Lead Defence Counsel for Taylor Appeal

May 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, May 4, 2012– The Principal Defender has appointed Morris Anyah, an experienced international appeals lawyer, as Assigned Appeals Counsel to conduct the appeal of convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Mr. Anyah has served as co-counsel on … read more »

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Taylor: the bitterness of war, the sourness of justice

May 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Charles Taylor trial reportedly cost a whopping $250 million. Was it worth it? I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on 26 April, of Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former president, for aiding and abetting … read more »

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Charles Taylor may serve 80 years

May 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Amsterdam – Prosecutors have demanded an 80-year jail term for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who last week was convicted of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, before a sentencing decision that is expected to set a precedent. Taylor’s sentencing, … read more »

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On the Charles Taylor Verdict – Is There Justice in Africa?

May 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Michael Keating The conviction of Charles Taylor is certainly some kind of justice. Many in Sierra Leone will feel that their suffering has been acknowledged by the international community. In Liberia many others will rejoice while some will grumble … read more »

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Africa: Why Wasn’t It Africa That Found Charles Taylor Guilty?

May 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

For far too long, dictators and warlords who have inflicted extensive atrocities on the African people have gone unpunished. But this record of impunity is changing, thanks to the long arm of international justice. Increasingly, Africans suspected of committing crimes … read more »

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Charles Taylor trial ‘a threat to Africa’

May 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Monrovia – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor’s conviction for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone is a trap for all African leaders, a spokesperson for the Taylor family said on Tuesday. “We believe that the trial and subsequent conviction of … read more »

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Thoughts on the Charles Taylor Verdict

May 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Lansana Gberie I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on 26 April, of Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former president, for aiding and abetting Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF). He is the first head … read more »

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Fugitives Take Note: Justice Can Be Done

May 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Elise Keppler* Liberia’s “big man” surely thought he’d enjoy a comfortable retirement when he left power back in 2003. But on April 26 the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, … read more »

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Liberian President Charles Taylor’s Conviction: Holiday Sacrifice

April 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Alexander MEZYAEV On April 26 the Special Court for Sierra Leone found former President of Liberia Charles Taylor guilty of international war crimes committed on the territory of a neighboring state – Sierra Leone during the civil war of 1991-1997. … read more »

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Charles Taylor: One man, two wars, one guilty verdict

April 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Robtel Neajai Pailey On the eve of Sierra Leone’s Independence Day, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was found guilty of war crimes committed during that country’s civil war. But does the verdict represent a major victory for Sierra Leoneans beyond … read more »

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World Welcomes War Crimes Conviction of Taylor

April 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The global community is welcoming the decision of an international court to convict former Liberian President Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone. A special tribunal in The Hague on Thursday found … read more »

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Charles Taylor: Profile

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Charles Taylor reportedly never set foot in Sierra Leone throughout its long and vicious civil war. But the influence of this US-educated one-time Baptist lay preacher who rose to become one of West Africa’s most feared despots reached deep into … read more »

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Charles Taylor: Timeline

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

January 28, 1948: Charles Taylor born in Arthington, Liberia, into a family descended from freed American slaves. 1970s: Lives in Boston area of the United States, earning an economics degree from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. 1983: Flees Liberia after … read more »

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Charles Taylor: the long Wait for Justice Almost at an End

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Colin Waugh Today in The Hague the judges in what has been one of the lengthiest and most unusual legal battles ever to have been fought on the international stage are due to deliver the verdict on a man … read more »

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Liberia Charles Taylor found guilty in war crime trial

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Charles Taylor found guilty of ‘aiding and abetting’ war crimes An international court has delivered its verdict on Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, finding him guilty of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels who paid him in “blood diamonds”  Taylor guilty of aiding … read more »

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Charles Taylor awaits verdict today

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Leidschendam – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor will hear a historic verdict on Thursday on charges of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for “blood diamonds” in the 1990s. Samoan judge Richard Lussik will start reading the decision – the first … read more »

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Blood diamond trial: Taylor awaits trial

April 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Leidschendam – Liberian former leader Charles Taylor awaits a verdict on Thursday on charges of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for “blood diamonds” in the 1990s. A three-judge bench will read the historic decision – the first verdict against … read more »

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