Special Court For Sierra Leone
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João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty
The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971
Campbell said Taylor gave her ‘huge diamond’
Mia Farrow told the war crimes court on Monday that she had heard Naomi Campbell say that she had been given a "huge diamond" by Charles Taylor.
Campbell tells court of gift of ‘dirty-looking stones’
Naomi Campbell, testifying at the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, said on Thursday she had been given a pouch containing diamonds.
UN court convicts Sierra Leone rebels of war crimes
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted three rebel leaders on Wednesday of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Liberia’s Taylor ordered cannibalism, court told
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor ordered his militias to eat the flesh of captured enemies and United Nations soldiers, a former close aide testified on Thursday at…
Taylor trial hears of arms-for-diamonds exchanges
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…
Charles Taylor trial hears of rebel atrocities
A former rebel fighter testified in the war-crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Tuesday that the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone killed…
Taylor lawyers attack credibility of witness
A defence lawyer for war-crimes suspect and former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Monday attempted to destroy the credibility of a key prosecution witness at his trial,…
Taylor lawyers seek to discredit witness
Lawyers for Charles Taylor on Thursday sought to discredit a witness who told the court of the former Liberian president’s ties with Revolutionary United Front rebels in Sierra…
Taylor funded and armed Sierra Leone rebels, says aide
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor funded and armed a rebel leader in neighbouring Sierra Leone, one of his top aides told a United Nations-backed war crimes court on…