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	<title>The Trial of Charles Taylor &#187; Monthly Summary</title>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report: May 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/06/30/monthly-report-may-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers &#8211; please find below a monthy summary of the Taylor trial for May 2010 by our friends Jennifer Easterday and Elena Marrs at the UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center.  The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Open Society Justice Initiative. 


1. Overview 

Trial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report: April 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/05/25/charles-taylor-monthly-trial-report-april-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/05/25/charles-taylor-monthly-trial-report-april-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report (April 1, 2010 – April 30, 2010)[1] 
1.            Overview  
The Defense case moved ahead steadily in April, with three new witnesses taking the stand for Charles Taylor. By the end of this reporting period, Taylor’s Defense team had called a total of eleven witnesses. Much of the testimony this month focused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report: March 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/05/24/charles-taylor-monthly-trial-report-february-22-2010-%e2%80%93-march-31-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/05/24/charles-taylor-monthly-trial-report-february-22-2010-%e2%80%93-march-31-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report (February 22, 2010 – March 31, 2010)[1] 
1.      Overview  
The Defense called its second witness, Yankuba Samateh, a.k.a. Yanks Smythe, on Monday February 22, 2010. By the second week of March, the Defense had increased the pace at which it was calling witnesses, with six witnesses completing testimony during this reporting period. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor on the Stand: An Overview of His Examination-In-Chief (by U.C. Berkeley monitors)</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/01/04/charles-taylor-on-the-stand-an-overview-of-his-examination-in-chief-by-u-c-berkeley-monitors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to the U.C. Berkeley Monitoring Program, below is an extensive and detailed overview of Charles Taylor&#8217;s testimony as he took the stand in his own defense in his current trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone.  This report, by Berkeley trial monitors, Kimberley Punt and Jennifer Easterday, covers Mr. Taylor&#8217;s direct testimony, where his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prosecution&#8217;s Case: What Happened?</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/07/the-prosecution-case-a-summary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/07/07/the-prosecution-case-a-summary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crimes against humanity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Taylor is charged with 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Sierra Leone from November 30, 1996, to January 18, 2002. The Prosecutor alleges that Mr. Taylor is responsible for crimes which include murdering and mutilating civilians, including cutting off their limbs; using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial Report: Dec. &#8216;08-Feb. &#8216;09</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/03/03/ial-report-dec-08-to-jan-09/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2009/03/03/ial-report-dec-08-to-jan-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 205 days—or 41 full weeks—of court sessions, examination of the Prosecution’s 91st and final witness concluded on January 30, 2009. Prosecutor Stephen Rapp said his team had “achieved was [they] set out to do.”(1) Proceedings ran smoothly and efficiently in these final weeks. The Defendant missed a single day of trial on the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial Report: November 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/12/01/monthly-overview-november-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/12/01/monthly-overview-november-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>White &#38; Case LLP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proceedings began this month on November 3, at which time Witness TF1-168, who had been scheduled to testify, was unable to be present in The Hague.  In his place, the Prosecution’s next witness, Witness TF1-579, was presented to the Court.  The Prosecution and Defense, however, made a joint application to adjourn until the following Monday.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial Report: October 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/11/01/trial-report-october-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/11/01/trial-report-october-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trial against Charles Taylor rushed ahead in the month of October: the Prosecution called 32 witnesses in 17 days of trial, and the parties litigated several noteworthy  procedural issues. The witnesses (all crime-base, or victim, witnesses) provided harrowing testimony about mass atrocities they say they experienced or witnessed in Sierra Leone. Nearly half of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial Report: September 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/10/01/monthly-overview-september-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/10/01/monthly-overview-september-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>White &#38; Case LLP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proceedings began in September with the cross examination of Witness TF1-367, a former Mining Commander in Kono.  The next witness to testify during this period was Witness TF1-338, a former member of the RUF.  Other witnesses included former RUF insiders, RUF radio operators, crime base victims, and former police officials.  An American professor also took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial Report: August 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/09/01/taylor-trial-monitoring-report-august-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2008/09/01/taylor-trial-monitoring-report-august-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the Court’s scheduled summer recess from July 21 to August 18, the trial of Charles Taylor got off to a slow start. The accused refused to appear in Court for the first two days of trial, in protest of heightened security measures imposed on Mr. Taylor at the detention facility by the Dutch prison [...]]]></description>
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