Dear Readers, Tomorrow we will post the first of a series of three posts from our Q & A session this past weekend with Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Mr. Stephen Rapp. We’ll post the second on Thursday and the third on Friday this week. In the meantime, some readers had asked about why [...]
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Dear Readers, A number of people have asked questions related to (1) the list of radio and television stations to which the Taylor footage is being sent in Liberia and (2) the possibility of an archive for the daily live feed, or hosting the videos on YouTube. Mr. Moriba, the Special Court’s press and outreach officer [...]
Dear Readers, Mr. Rapp spoke with us on the weekend and answered a good number of readers’ questions. His time was limited as he was in between flights at the airport, so we did not get through all questions. But we tried to ensure that almost everyone who submitted questions got at least one of their questions [...]
Dear Readers, I’m delighted to let you know that both Mr. Stephen Rapp, chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Mr. Courtenay Griffiths, the lead defense counsel for Charles Taylor, have both agreed to do a “questions and answers” interview with us. Mr. Rapp has agreed to be interviewed this coming weekend, [...]
August
21
2009
Technical Problems with Live Feed, Live Streaming to Liberia
Dear Readers, A number of people experienced frustration with the live feed of the Taylor trial this week. I checked with the Special Court as you had requested. Kindly, Mr. Solomon Moriba helped us with some of your questions related to the live feed problems and also the question a reader asked about streaming the [...]
Dear Readers, A number of people noted on the site that they have experienced problems with the live streaming of the trial in the past few days, and asked us to check to see what was wrong. Our questions were kindly answered by Solomon Moriba, the Press and Outreach Officer at the Special Court. It [...]
July
9
2009
Welcome Back for Taylor’s Defense
This Monday, Charles Taylor’s defense team is set to lay out their case before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We’ll be following the trial from the courtroom in The Hague and bringing you daily updates. Our monitor, Sierra Leonean lawyer Alpha Sesay, will continue reporting on the trial. Taylor’s defense is a critical part [...]
June
24
2007
Charles Taylor Trial Starts Up Again Tomorrow…
Check back here tomorrow when the Charles Taylor trial starts up again. It’s sure to be an interesting day, if the start on June 4 is any indication. At 9am tomorrow, the prosecution is set to continue their case against Charles Taylor. But we will also be watching the defense team. Remember the opening day [...]
June
4
2007
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY
Tomorrow – Monday, June 4 – marks the start of one of the most important criminal trials ever held. The prosecution will make its opening statement in the trial of Charles Taylor on 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law. A man accused of sowing terror through [...]
June
3
2007
WE LAUNCH!
Together, Charles Taylor’s arrest and subsequent hand-over to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) were signal moments in the history of international justice. With rare exceptions, rulers like Taylor have enjoyed impunity. Now, one such ruler has been driven from power and will be tried on 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, [...]
