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	<title>The Trial of Charles Taylor</title>
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		<title>At Prosecution and Defense Oral Arguments on Sentencing, Charles Taylor Makes Public Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/16/at-prosecution-and-defense-oral-arguments-on-sentencing-charles-taylor-makes-public-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor made what might be his final public statement in court before Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague as his defense lawyers and prosecutors made oral submissions on the possible sentence he should serve after being convicted for his involvement in Sierra Leone’s 11 year civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Lawyers say 80-Year Sentence Excessive for Charles Taylor</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/11/defense-lawyers-say-80-year-sentence-excessive-for-charles-taylor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense lawyers for convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor have told Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) judges in The Hague that the prosecution’s request for Taylor to serve a maximum of 80 years in jail is “disproportionate” and “excessive.” In their sentencing submission filed on May 10, 2012, defense lawyers noted that “the 80-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morris Anyah is Now Lead Defense Counsel for Charles Taylor’s Appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/04/morris-anyah-is-now-lead-defense-counsel-for-charles-taylors-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/04/morris-anyah-is-now-lead-defense-counsel-for-charles-taylors-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Special Court for Sierra Leone has today announced a change in the composition of Charles Taylor’s defense team as Morris Anyah, formerly a co-defense counsel, has been appointed as the lead defense counsel to handle the former Liberian president’s appeal. It is understood that this change in his defense team  has been announced with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors Want Taylor to spend 80 Years in Jail</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/04/prosecutors-want-taylor-to-spend-80-years-in-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/04/prosecutors-want-taylor-to-spend-80-years-in-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Summary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aiding and abetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sentencing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Court for Sierra Leone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in The Hague have recommended that convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor be sentenced to a maximum term of 80 years in jail for crimes committed by rebel forces in Sierra Leone from 1996 to 2002. This recommendation was made in a sentencing submission made to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Judgment: From the Public Gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/30/charles-taylor-judgment-from-the-public-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taegin Stevenson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Hollis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtenay Griffiths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Justice Teresa Doherty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Makeni]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Rapp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article also appears on the Open Society Foundations blog.  April 26, 2012, marked the conclusion of a nearly six-year long saga. A three-judge panel at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) sitting in The Hague, the Netherlands unanimously found the former Liberian president Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting 11 crimes, including [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>73</slash:comments>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Judgment: A Victory for Gender Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/26/charles-taylor-judgment-a-victory-for-gender-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/26/charles-taylor-judgment-a-victory-for-gender-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Askin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expert Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enslavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=5890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article earlier appeared on the Open Society Foundations blog.  Today’s groundbreaking judgment in the case of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor represents a milestone for both international justice and gender justice. The former president of Liberia was convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Found Guilty</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/26/charles-taylor-found-guilty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/26/charles-taylor-found-guilty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taegin Stevenson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Summary]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=5875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) judges in The Hague delivered the Court&#8217;s long anticipated verdict in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, finding him unanimously guilty of all charges against him on grounds that he knowingly aided and abetted rebel forces in Sierra Leone and that he planned attacks during which [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>98</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will Charles Taylor “be back”?</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/25/will-charles-taylor-be-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/25/will-charles-taylor-be-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Umaru Fofana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expert Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calabar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECOWAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foday Sankoh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Paul Koroma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olusegun Obasanjo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was originally published on the Open Society Initiative for West Africa website, available here.  Under a spectacle that made many an African leader sit up navel-gazing, Charles Taylor stepped down as president of Liberia in 2003, promising “God willing, I will be back”. It followed mounting pressure both from within and without. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resource Documents in Advance of Taylor Judgment</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/19/resource-documents-in-advance-of-taylor-judgment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/04/19/resource-documents-in-advance-of-taylor-judgment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taegin Stevenson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Sesay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[briefing paper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers, The judgment in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor will be announced on April 26 &#8211; one week from today &#8211; at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, the Netherlands.  We have monitored the trial for the past four years and have put together some resource documents, which [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>Judges Dismiss Taylor Defense Request to Change Date of Judgment</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/03/09/judges-dismiss-taylor-defense-request-to-change-date-of-judgment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/03/09/judges-dismiss-taylor-defense-request-to-change-date-of-judgment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Summary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtenay Griffiths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague have unanimously dismissed a request by former Liberian President Charles Taylor&#8217;s defense to change the date for the delivery of judgment. After the announcment that the judgment to determine Taylor&#8217;s guilt or innocence will be delivered on April 26, 2012, defense lawyers filed a motion requesting [...]]]></description>
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