A defense witness for Charles Taylor this week denied knowledge of the former president’s alleged involvement in sending Liberian traditional herbalists – or “juju” men –to Sierra Leone to perform ceremonies for rebel forces to protect them from enemy bullets. The witness also told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that paramilitary units were established as part [...]
Paramilitary units were established as part of the Liberian security apparatus without the knowledge of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, a defense witness for Mr. Taylor said today at his war crimes trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. John Vincent, a Liberian national who served as training commandant for Sierra [...]
A defense witness for Charles Taylor today agreed with prosecutors that Sierra Leonean rebels used terror to keep themselves under control during Sierra Leone’s brutal 11-year conflict. He told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that he was terrified when Sierra Leonean rebels killed their own colleagues, adding that it was out of such fear that he quit [...]
March
30
2010
Charles Taylor Did Not Send Traditional Herbalists To Prevent RUF Rebels From Bullets, Defense Witness Says
Today’s defense witness denied knowledge of Charles Taylor’s alleged involvement in sending Liberian traditional herbalists – or “juju” men –to Sierra Leone to perform ceremonies for rebel forces to protect them from enemy bullets. The former Liberian president is on trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone for allegedly supporting rebel forces in neighboring [...]
March
29
2010
No Trial Today
Dear readers, The International Criminal Court’s courtrooms were used for other trials today. The trial of Charles Taylor will resume again tomorrow. Stay tuned…….
Defense witnesses for Charles Taylor this week told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that the former Liberian president did not supply arms and ammunition to Sierra Leonean rebels, did not provide assistance in training the rebels in Liberia, and he did not help them plan the invasion of Sierra Leone in 1991. Mr. Taylor, who [...]
Sierra Leonean rebel fighters were trained in Liberia but not with assistance from Charles Taylor, a defense witness for the former Liberian president told the Special Court for Sierra Leone today in The Hague. Mr. Taylor’s seventh defense witness, John Vincent, told the court today that he was part of the original fighters trained as members of [...]
Based on a request by prosecutors, the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today suspended the cross-examination of Charles Taylor’s defense witness whose direct-examination was concluded this morning by defense lawyers for the former Liberian president. Charles Ngebeh, a Sierra Leonean witness and former arms repairer for Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF), has been testifying for Mr. Taylor, [...]
March
23
2010
ULIMO Rebels Supplied Arms and Ammunition To The RUF, Sierra Leonean Defense Witness Says
A Sierra Leonean witness, who yesterday commenced his testimony in defense of Charles Taylor, has today told the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that Sierra Leonean rebels received supplies of arms and ammunition not from Mr. Taylor as alleged by prosecutors, but from another rebel group in Liberia. Prosecutors have alleged that Mr. Taylor, while leader of [...]
