Comments for The Trial of Charles Taylor http://www.charlestaylortrial.org International Criminal Justice in the Making Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on “Nobody Is Lying,” Witness says, As Prosecutors Suggest That His Account Is Different From Charles Taylor’s by noko5 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/01/nobody-is-lying-witness-says-as-prosecutors-suggest-that-his-account-is-different-from-charles-taylors/#comment-26904 noko5 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:20 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4807#comment-26904 Ms. Teage, That's ok, the trial so far is moving ahead. All neccessary facts are being presented right now by our great defence witnesses... Ms. Teage,
That’s ok, the trial so far is moving ahead. All neccessary facts are being presented right now by our great defence witnesses…

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by Tracey Gurd http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26903 Tracey Gurd Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:40:24 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26903 Hi Shelby -- that is very interesting. So your take is essentially that no amount of outreach will help if the form of justice itself does not resonate with people. What a great topic for discussion here! Glad you think that the archive idea is a good one. I do too. I'm not sure if it is possible, but I do like the idea of an archive existing somewhere. Best, Tracey Hi Shelby — that is very interesting. So your take is essentially that no amount of outreach will help if the form of justice itself does not resonate with people. What a great topic for discussion here!

Glad you think that the archive idea is a good one. I do too. I’m not sure if it is possible, but I do like the idea of an archive existing somewhere.

Best,
Tracey

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by Tracey Gurd http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26902 Tracey Gurd Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:37:13 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26902 Hi Noko5 -- I'm so sorry to hear that. I do not at all mean to suppress your freedom of expression. I just hope we can engage on the substance of the issues you raise - if you think Alpha or I are being biased, please do point us towards the places in our emails or posts where you think that to be the case, and we are happy to discuss it. Alpha and I take bias issues very seriously - we know the credibility of the site comes from us being as balanced and fair as we possibly can, and so we want to address any perceived indications of bias if and when they appear. So please, Noko5, don't feel suppressed -- I do very much welcome your thoughts on this and any other issues around the trial. Best, Tracey Hi Noko5 — I’m so sorry to hear that. I do not at all mean to suppress your freedom of expression. I just hope we can engage on the substance of the issues you raise – if you think Alpha or I are being biased, please do point us towards the places in our emails or posts where you think that to be the case, and we are happy to discuss it. Alpha and I take bias issues very seriously – we know the credibility of the site comes from us being as balanced and fair as we possibly can, and so we want to address any perceived indications of bias if and when they appear. So please, Noko5, don’t feel suppressed — I do very much welcome your thoughts on this and any other issues around the trial.
Best,
Tracey

]]> Comment on Foreign Countries Prevented Charles Taylor From Liberating Liberia, Witness Says by Aki http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/foreign-countries-prevented-charles-taylor-from-liberating-liberia-witness-says/#comment-26899 Aki Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:31:41 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4840#comment-26899 Jacone, Thanks for the update. Jacone,
Thanks for the update.

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by J. fallah menjor http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26897 J. fallah menjor Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:11:37 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26897 Look Emmanuel George; when you do a reaearch, you need 'control' and independent groups because you need percentile in later tabulation. Therefore, you do not need to interview the entire population! This is not only intellectual aproach, but a scholary design! Hope this breakdown helps a little, George. Look Emmanuel George; when you do a reaearch, you need ‘control’ and independent groups because you need percentile in later tabulation. Therefore, you do not need to interview the entire population! This is not only intellectual aproach, but a scholary design! Hope this breakdown helps a little, George.

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by Shelby Grossman http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26896 Shelby Grossman Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:08:21 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26896 Tracey and all, This is a fascinating discussion. Tracey, I'm not sure I can suggest a good alternative, partly because I'm still not sure I completely understand why there is such widespread apathy. But it just seems to me that the TRC process in Liberia had substantially less money to work with than the Special Court did for the Taylor trial (I think), yet Liberians were riveted by the TRC process. I might agree with what Helen suggested--that this form of justice does not resonate with Liberians and Sierra Leoneans. But if that's the case, there's little hope for effective outreach, and I'm not sure I'm that pessimistic. Though to support Helen's claim, I can't think of any recent domestic trial that has generated much enthusiasm in Monrovia. (Though that could also be because domestic courts have yet to try any "big fish.") But I by no means want to detract from the importance of this site. I know Liberians who would not be able to follow the trial very closely if not for this blog. And personally I have found the clear daily, weekly, and monthly summaries (along with the Berkeley War Crimes Center reports) extremely valuable. Also, responding to another thread, I would definitely watch archival footage of the Taylor trial. It would be especially wonderful if you all could somehow embed video with the daily summaries. (i.e., if I am reading one of the old daily summaries and want to hear more about what a specific witness said, I could just watch the video from the same post.) But even if that's not possible, just having the video footage archived somewhere would be useful. Best, Shelby Tracey and all,

This is a fascinating discussion.

Tracey, I’m not sure I can suggest a good alternative, partly because I’m still not sure I completely understand why there is such widespread apathy. But it just seems to me that the TRC process in Liberia had substantially less money to work with than the Special Court did for the Taylor trial (I think), yet Liberians were riveted by the TRC process.

I might agree with what Helen suggested–that this form of justice does not resonate with Liberians and Sierra Leoneans. But if that’s the case, there’s little hope for effective outreach, and I’m not sure I’m that pessimistic. Though to support Helen’s claim, I can’t think of any recent domestic trial that has generated much enthusiasm in Monrovia. (Though that could also be because domestic courts have yet to try any “big fish.”)

But I by no means want to detract from the importance of this site. I know Liberians who would not be able to follow the trial very closely if not for this blog. And personally I have found the clear daily, weekly, and monthly summaries (along with the Berkeley War Crimes Center reports) extremely valuable.

Also, responding to another thread, I would definitely watch archival footage of the Taylor trial. It would be especially wonderful if you all could somehow embed video with the daily summaries. (i.e., if I am reading one of the old daily summaries and want to hear more about what a specific witness said, I could just watch the video from the same post.) But even if that’s not possible, just having the video footage archived somewhere would be useful.

Best,

Shelby

]]> Comment on Foreign Countries Prevented Charles Taylor From Liberating Liberia, Witness Says by J. fallah menjor http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/foreign-countries-prevented-charles-taylor-from-liberating-liberia-witness-says/#comment-26895 J. fallah menjor Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:57 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4840#comment-26895 With due respect, Walter, the word "Terrorism"has nothing to do with its context. What is relevant here is its closely relation to acts perpetrated by the accused and his colaborators, who, now, happen to be witnesses testifying behind masks! Why waste time over the contextual use of this word vs physical acts that were results;esp missing limbs,rapes, murders, scars that remain visible to you and me? I know everyone attempts to show their version of this case but we should not forget the physical scars of those who are direct victims to this despecable crimes by a so called 'liberator' for Liberia, taylor! With due respect, Walter, the word “Terrorism”has nothing to do with its context. What is relevant here is its closely relation to acts perpetrated by the accused and his colaborators, who, now, happen to be witnesses testifying behind masks! Why waste time over the contextual use of this word vs physical acts that were results;esp missing limbs,rapes, murders, scars that remain visible to you and me? I know everyone attempts to show their version of this case but we should not forget the physical scars of those who are direct victims to this despecable crimes by a so called ‘liberator’ for Liberia, taylor!

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by noko5 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26894 noko5 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:09 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26894 Hi Tracey, Quite honestly, I actually feel that my freedom of expression concerning the bias of your workmate is being supressed by the way you are intervening so I will let it be , and not to the discuss the matter further.. thank you. Hi Tracey,
Quite honestly, I actually feel that my freedom of expression concerning the bias of your workmate is being supressed by the way you are intervening so I will let it be , and not to the discuss the matter further.. thank you.

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by Davenport.noko7 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26892 Davenport.noko7 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:06 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26892 I am hopeful too, Tracey. Peace. I am hopeful too, Tracey.

Peace.

]]> Comment on An Urgent Need for a Robust Outreach Pregram as Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions to Charles Taylor’s Trial by Davenport.noko7 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/10/an-urgent-need-for-a-robust-outreach-pregram-as-sierra-leoneans-give-mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor%e2%80%99s-trial/#comment-26891 Davenport.noko7 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:16 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4842#comment-26891 Please do, Tracey. Peace. Please do, Tracey.

Peace.

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