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Article: UN demands Liberia to freeze assets of suspected war criminals
While welcoming progress made by the Liberian Government in rebuilding the war-shattered country, the UN Security Council demanded it “make all necessary efforts to fulfil its obligations” to freeze the assets of alleged...
Article: Sierra Leone court renders rebel leaders judgement
Sierra Leone's UN-backed war crimes court has upheld the convictions and sentences passed on three former rebels in the last judgment by the tribunal to be handed down in Freetown.
Article: Sierra Leone tribunal comes to an end
Sierra Leone has been trying to come to terms with a gruesome civil war. For eleven years, drugged children armed with assault rifles terrorised the nation. So far, the war tribunal created to try the perpetrators of war crimes in Sierra...
Article: I'm no cannibal, Taylor tells war crimes trial
Liberia's former president Charles Taylor on Monday denied that he had ever eaten human flesh or ordered his fighters to do so as he answered allegations of cannibalism at his war crimes trial.
Article: Special Court for Sierra Leone FAQ
What is the Special Court for Sierra Leone? The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) is an independent court, set up for suspects of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Sierra Leone’s 11 year civil war (1991-2002...
Article: Charles Taylor on trial: It's all about 'destroy him'!
Former warlord Charles Taylor protested his innocence on Tuesday during his first day of testimony at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague.
Article: Liberia's Charles Taylor takes stand in war crimes defence
Charles Taylor has been working to broker peace in Sierra Leone. With these words Lead Defence Counsel Courtney Griffiths took a firm stand today at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. Griffith criticised the...
Article: Sierra Leone: War crimes court convicts RUF rebels
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) convicted three Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel leaders of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Article: Charles Chuckie Taylor gets 97 years for torture in US
"Chuckie" Taylor, the son of former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor was sentenced on Friday to 97 years in prison for mutilations and executions carried out in Liberia, in the first US prosecution for torture committed abroad.
Article: Charles Taylor’s defence causes hardship for victim witnesses
Special Court for Sierra Leone Prosecutor Stephen Rapp has accused Charles Taylor's Defence lawyers of causing hardship for victim witnesses by requiring the witnesses' presence in court when their evidence is not in dispute.
