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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: 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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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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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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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: 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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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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‘Blood diamond’ trial: the case against Charles Taylor

June 16, 2011 by benim

He was the first ever African head of state to face an international tribunal. Aside from distracting details about his flirtation with supermodel Naomi Campbell, uncut jewels and dining with Nelson Mandela, the aim of the Special Court for Sierra … read more »

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Taylor ‘controlled’ Sierra Leone rebels

March 11, 2011 by benim

Leidschendam – Prosecutors accused Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor Friday of directing Sierra Leone rebels who maimed and murdered civilians as judges prepared to consider their verdict in his war crimes trial. “He controlled the RUF”, Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front, … read more »

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Liberia: Taylor’s trial witnesses tainted

March 10, 2011 by benim

The Hague – Witnesses in Charles Taylor’s trial for backing rebels in exchange for blood diamonds were tainted by cash payments from the prosecution, the Liberian ex-president’s lawyer said on Thursday. Terry Munyard, a member of Taylor’s defence team, told … read more »

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Liberia’s Taylor claims political process

March 9, 2011 by benim

Leidschendam – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor’s lawyer on Wednesday dismissed his war crimes trial as a political conspiracy and said Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi should have been in the dock. Alleging “selective” prosecution, Courtenay Griffiths reminded the Special Court for Sierra … read more »

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Charles Taylor’s team rests case in war crimes trial

November 12, 2010 by benim

The defense team for Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president accused of war crimes, formally concluded its case on Friday, the Special Court for Sierra Leone said. The defense case began in July 2009, and 21 witnesses were called in … read more »

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