Comments on: Taylor Alleges US Govt Helped Him Escape From US Prison http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/ International Criminal Justice in the Making Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the aftermath http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-121065 the aftermath Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:56:44 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-121065 as one of the victim of the liberian war who managed to exscape and fled to another state . i was a child when it started........ Yes we were set up...... My family and i got a call the rebels was looking for us and we had to hide for two years. They went to my aunt house instead of ours. The present that got killed was my cousins dad . The reason he was in power is beacuse noone wanted him to leave. there was no homeless people and it was truly a free nation. And charles tayler is a lyer .... He did not need the citizens help to fight because he went after innocent children..... and made many kill pregnant women and their parents. He was a cold hard bastard. He taped himself killing the president ... i will never forget that tape of him and the other guy who brutialy cut his ear off. nonone on earth should ever have to die that way. Revelations....... the coming of christ is near. as one of the victim of the liberian war who managed to exscape and fled to another state . i was a child when it started…….. Yes we were set up…… My family and i got a call the rebels was looking for us and we had to hide for two years. They went to my aunt house instead of ours. The present that got killed was my cousins dad . The reason he was in power is beacuse noone wanted him to leave. there was no homeless people and it was truly a free nation.
And charles tayler is a lyer …. He did not need the citizens help to fight because he went after innocent children….. and made many kill pregnant women and their parents. He was a cold hard bastard. He taped himself killing the president … i will never forget that tape of him and the other guy who brutialy cut his ear off. nonone on earth should ever have to die that way. Revelations……. the coming of christ is near.

]]> By: Taegin Stevenson http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-58577 Taegin Stevenson Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:03:16 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-58577 Dear peter flomo, Thank you for your thoughtful questions. In reference to your first question, "Why is Taylor being tried at the Hague?", please see our Trial Background page - http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/trial-background/who-is-charles-taylor/. I have also reposted the answer below. <strong>Why is Charles Taylor’s trial taking place in The Hague? </strong> Citing fears over instability in Liberia if Taylor were tried in neighboring Sierra Leone, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson backed a bid to have Taylor’s trial moved to The Hague. The Dutch Government asked for a Security Council resolution to authorize the transfer, and said it would host Taylor’s trial on the condition that another country agreed in advance to take Taylor after his trial finished (the United Kingdom agreed). Security Council Resolution 1688 was passed unanimously on June 16, 2006, paving the way for Taylor to be tried by the Special Court on the premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. According to Article 10 of the Special Court Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone, while the seat of the Special Court shall be in Sierra Leone, “…The Court may meet away from its seat if it considers it necessary for the efficient exercise of its functions, and may be relocated outside Sierra Leone, if the circumstances so require…” Pursuant to this provision in the Special Court Agreement, the President of the court, who sits as the presiding judge of the Appeals Chamber issued an order that Mr. Taylor’s trial be held in The Hague due to concerns that holding the trial in Sierra Leone might jeopardize security in the West African sub-region, which might in turn have a negative impact on the work of the Special Court. Dear peter flomo,

Thank you for your thoughtful questions. In reference to your first question, “Why is Taylor being tried at the Hague?”, please see our Trial Background page – http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/trial-background/who-is-charles-taylor/. I have also reposted the answer below.

Why is Charles Taylor’s trial taking place in The Hague?
Citing fears over instability in Liberia if Taylor were tried in neighboring Sierra Leone, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson backed a bid to have Taylor’s trial moved to The Hague. The Dutch Government asked for a Security Council resolution to authorize the transfer, and said it would host Taylor’s trial on the condition that another country agreed in advance to take Taylor after his trial finished (the United Kingdom agreed). Security Council Resolution 1688 was passed unanimously on June 16, 2006, paving the way for Taylor to be tried by the Special Court on the premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

According to Article 10 of the Special Court Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone, while the seat of the Special Court shall be in Sierra Leone, “…The Court may meet away from its seat if it considers it necessary for the efficient exercise of its functions, and may be relocated outside Sierra Leone, if the circumstances so require…” Pursuant to this provision in the Special Court Agreement, the President of the court, who sits as the presiding judge of the Appeals Chamber issued an order that Mr. Taylor’s trial be held in The Hague due to concerns that holding the trial in Sierra Leone might jeopardize security in the West African sub-region, which might in turn have a negative impact on the work of the Special Court.

]]> By: peter flomo http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-58555 peter flomo Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:52:38 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-58555 Why is Taylor being tried at the Hague? who let Taylor into Africa? where were his weapons manufactured? who shipped them to Africa? I thought Sierra Leone was used as a training ground for rebels fighting in Liberia? Is it true that Taylor passed through Ivory Coast on his way to Liberia? The Ivorian government allowed him? Did LURD entered Liberia from Guinea? Is Taylor really being try for Sierra Leone? It should be for Liberia not for Sierra Leone who also played a major role in the Liberian conflict. Other leaders who allowed their territories to be used by rebels should be tried and held for damages they've caused in Liberia. Why is Taylor being tried at the Hague? who let Taylor into Africa? where were his weapons manufactured? who shipped them to Africa? I thought Sierra Leone was used as a training ground for rebels fighting in Liberia? Is it true that Taylor passed through Ivory Coast on his way to Liberia? The Ivorian government allowed him? Did LURD entered Liberia from Guinea? Is Taylor really being try for Sierra Leone? It should be for Liberia not for Sierra Leone who also played a major role in the Liberian conflict. Other leaders who allowed their territories to be used by rebels should be tried and held for damages they’ve caused in Liberia.

]]> By: rachel http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-58101 rachel Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-58101 am just amazed at the fact that in all the trades of diamonds no president thought of using them to thier advantage and build a great nation with great infrastructure..i mean people could have a had a beautiful life in libearia through this, schools, hospitals you name it. beacuse of lack of all this people were not educated and became frustrated by the quality of life..we all know frustrated and uneducated people do not make the best decisions. its all so sad really. Africans need to start thinking of building thier nations and not be greedy..the greed has taken us nowhere!! am just amazed at the fact that in all the trades of diamonds no president thought of using them to thier advantage and build a great nation with great infrastructure..i mean people could have a had a beautiful life in libearia through this, schools, hospitals you name it. beacuse of lack of all this people were not educated and became frustrated by the quality of life..we all know frustrated and uneducated people do not make the best decisions. its all so sad really. Africans need to start thinking of building thier nations and not be greedy..the greed has taken us nowhere!!

]]> By: D.Kamara-Taylor http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-32329 D.Kamara-Taylor Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:31:14 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-32329 Taylor needs to be tried and face the full penalty of the law.I was a medical and humanitarian worker in the Sierra leone military for over seven yrs and subsequently other medical and humanitarian organizations.Taylor caused a lot of problems in our sub region as a whole,thus claiming thousands of innocent lives and properties.Taylor openly broadcasted that Sierra Leone will surely taste the bitterness of war and indeed up till date the effects are very visible though a lot of people tend to forget.Taylor was more than a murderer.I was very fortunate to speak to Nigerian and Sierra Leone soldiers brought over to Sierra Leone for emrgency treatment with the aid of helicopter.And civillians too.I will never forget some of the things they told me before losing their lives.Taylor worked tightly with Sokobana Sankoh,less talking of Sam Buckarie allias Mosquito.The whole world is brimmingly aware.Taylor supplied arms to RUF combatants and not only arms.Especially in Kono where he visited on several occasions.Taylor was barbaric,monstrous and villanous.One cannot elaborate much on this but i can and will tell the world that the Special court has still not covered fifty% of Taylor`s stupendous atrocities.He caused a lot. Taylor needs to be tried and face the full penalty of the law.I was a medical and humanitarian worker in the Sierra leone military for over seven yrs and subsequently other medical and humanitarian organizations.Taylor caused a lot of problems in our sub region as a whole,thus claiming thousands of innocent lives and properties.Taylor openly broadcasted that Sierra Leone will surely taste the bitterness of war and indeed up till date the effects are very visible though a lot of people tend to forget.Taylor was more than a murderer.I was very fortunate to speak to Nigerian and Sierra Leone soldiers brought over to Sierra Leone for emrgency treatment with the aid of helicopter.And civillians too.I will never forget some of the things they told me before losing their lives.Taylor worked tightly with Sokobana Sankoh,less talking of Sam Buckarie allias Mosquito.The whole world is brimmingly aware.Taylor supplied arms to RUF combatants and not only arms.Especially in Kono where he visited on several occasions.Taylor was barbaric,monstrous and villanous.One cannot elaborate much on this but i can and will tell the world that the Special court has still not covered fifty% of Taylor`s stupendous atrocities.He caused a lot.

]]> By: nec http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-17136 nec Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:21:49 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-17136 one positive contribution was his insistance on hunting down that savage DOE! one positive contribution was his insistance on hunting down that savage DOE!

]]> By: nec http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-17134 nec Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:04:30 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-17134 WOW the truth is that liberia's problems started when pres. Tolbert was assasinated by savages! The trial of charles taylor is more about the actions of an african leader that defied the west more so than what happened in SL. NOTHING about what happened in Liberia. By the way the Uof Liberia is still in shambles and began its decline when doe ascended. Honestly, you sound like you have been miseducated and not educated. WOW
the truth is that liberia’s problems started when pres. Tolbert was assasinated by savages! The trial of charles taylor is more about the actions of an african leader that defied the west more so than what happened in SL. NOTHING about what happened in Liberia.
By the way the Uof Liberia is still in shambles and began its decline when doe ascended. Honestly, you sound like you have been miseducated and not educated.

]]> By: nec http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-17132 nec Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:57:45 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-17132 i understand where you are going with not wearing diamonds. BUT then you would have to swear off of the following to avoid supporting the exploitation of third world countries: anything made of rubber i.e. car, bus etc. cocoa timber iron ore gold silver coffee clothing now made in third world countries electronic gadgets that are assembled or depend on live support from third world countries i. e. computers see where i'm going... i understand where you are going with not wearing diamonds. BUT then you would have to swear off of the following to avoid supporting the exploitation of third world countries:
anything made of rubber i.e. car, bus etc.
cocoa
timber
iron ore
gold
silver
coffee
clothing now made in third world countries
electronic gadgets that are assembled or depend on live support from third world countries i. e. computers
see where i’m going…

]]> By: nec http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-17130 nec Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:51:52 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-17130 if you saw everything then why aren't you giving first hand testimony at the hague? if you saw everything then why aren’t you giving first hand testimony at the hague?

]]> By: nec http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/15/taylor-alleges-us-govt-helped-him-escape-from-us-prison/#comment-17128 nec Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:50:40 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4130#comment-17128 well said! well said!

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