All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
On the second day of his testimony, ex-Liberian President Moses Blah has told the war crimes court in The Hague that former President Charles Taylor rejected complaints from Sierra Leone rebels about atrocities committed by his fighters.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses in the trial of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia, have been advancing at a sustained pace since January with 26 witnesses out of list of 72 , have already appeared on the stand of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) without interruption.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor rejected complaints from Sierra Leone rebels about atrocities committed by his fighters, his ex-deputy has said.
France24 (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Moses Blah, Charles Taylor's former deputy, testified in the war crimes trial at The Hague that Liberian rebels ate human innards while serving under Taylor.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Amsterdam - Former Liberian president Moses Blah is due to testify in an open session of the ongoing trial against Charles Taylor in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in The Hague, the court announced in a press statement on Tuesday. In July ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Last year the United Nations Security Council agreed to set up a three-member panel of experts to probe into the 'hidden wealth' of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who has been accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 11-year conflict in Sierra Leone. According to the Special Court Chief Prosecutor, Stephen Rapp, experts are trying to uncover...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
While still considering the various concerns and objections raised by the ongoing trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in The Hague, including its impact on the current political and justice situation in Liberia and Sierra Leone as well, British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC as it is commonly known, gave us a shocker on Friday.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Prosecutors for Sierra Leone's war crimes court are trying to track down $375-million they say vanished from two United States bank accounts held by former Liberian President Charles Taylor when he was forced from power in 2003. But lawyers defending the former warlord challenged prosecutors to produce evidence that Taylor had salted away state funds for his personal use.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
As defendant Charles Taylor answers to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Liberia's Information Minister has cautioned the media in Sierra Leone and Liberia to treat Taylor as innocent until the court determines otherwise.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Despite assurances that he would testify at the Special Court for Sierra Leone which subpoenaed him early this month, former Liberian president, Moses Blah failed to show up last week at the trial of his former boss Charles Taylor at The Hague.
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
The commencement of the trial of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia charged with international crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, was to be a momentous occasion. It was billed as a rare moment of international accountability, with a former head of state facing trial on eleven charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged criminal...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
The Special Court for Sierra Leone observed a judicial recess from March 17 until Friday, March 28th.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
A witness calling himself Charles Taylor's death squad commander told a court on Wednesday he killed men, women and babies on the former Liberian leader's orders and supplied arms to rebels in Sierra Leone. Taylor, once one of Africa's most feared warlords, faces charges of rape, murder, mutilation and recruitment of child soldiers.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
[JURIST] A former militia commander testified Wednesday before the Special Court for Sierra Leone at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, describing scare tactics used by Taylor to intimidate the population and frighten his enemies. Joseph Marzah said that Taylor had ordered him to kill civilians and told him that the way to instill fear into...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
A former comrade-in-arms of Charles Taylor on Wednesday told judges at the former Liberian president's war-crimes trial that Taylor ordered him to take arms to Sierra Leone rebels and exchange them for diamonds. Joseph Marzah told the court that in the early 1990s he went to Sierra Leone about 40 times with transports carrying rifles and rockets.
