An international war crimes tribunal delivers its verdict Thursday in the trial of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president accused of arming rebels who raped, killed and mutilated civilians in neighboring Sierra Leone. Taylor is the first African leader to appear before an international war crimes tribunal. The former war lord has pleaded not guilty [...]
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Judges at a war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands give their ruling on the former Liberian president, accused of sponsoring atrocities in neighbouring Sierra Leone 9.53am: We're now running a background story by Owen Bowcott on the... Read Post
A U.N.-backed Sierra Leone court convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes on Thursday, the first African head of state to be found guilty by an international tribunal. Read Post
An international war crimes tribunal Thursday found Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, guilty of aiding and abetting rebels who raped, killed and mutilated civilians in neighboring Sierra Leone. However, prosecutors failed ... Read Post