Dear Readers,
Here is our final post in the three-part series of answers to your questions by Mr. Rapp. We’ll look forward to your comments and reactions to the issues Mr. Rapp raises.
QUESTION:
Bnker asked: “would you be willing to prosecute presidents and former presidents of the US for war crimes as well?”
Aki asked: “You have [...]
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Dear Readers,
Here’s Part II of our three-part series of answers to your questions from Stephen Rapp, chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
QUESTION:
Jose Rodriguez asked: “Could you expand on the reason why hosting the trial in the sub-region will create instability especially in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the sub-region especially when Liberia has [...]
Dear Readers,
Your interest in hearing from Mr. Rapp was enormous. Thanks for all the questions. Unfortunately, we did not have time to cover all the questions that people asked. But we did get through a number of them. Many related to issues that a lot of people asked about. We also tried to get at [...]
September
2
2009
Update on Liberia Outreach
Dear readers,
A little while ago, one of our readers, Harris K Johnson, asked us to check with Solomon Moriba, the Special Court’s Hague-based press and outreach officer, about which “radio and television stations in Liberia that he sent raw footage and audio-visual summaries to for screening.”
Kindly, Mr. Moriba, has given us this information – he [...]
September
2
2009
Another Defense Lawyer Must Question Charles Taylor If Lead Counsel Remains Ill, Judges Say
Charles Taylor’s defense team must find a substitute lawyer to continue the direct examination of Mr. Taylor if his lead defense counsel, Courtenay Griffiths, does not recover from his illness by next Monday, the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges said today.
The trial of Mr. Taylor for his alleged role in Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil conflict was adjourned [...]
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 Mr. Rapp [...]
September
1
2009
Court Is Adjourned For The Day As Taylor’s Defense Counsel, Courtenay Griffiths, Reports Ill
Court proceedings in the trial of Charles Taylor were adjourned today as Mr. Taylor’s defense counsel Courtenay Griffiths could not attend court due to a “bad case of sore throat.” In his absence, Mr. Taylor’s direct examination could not be conducted. The trial will resume tomorrow Tuesday at 9:30AM Hague time.
Mr. Taylor’s testimony continues tomorrow.
Significant shipments of weapons, intended for use by rebels in Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil conflict, could have been transported through Liberia without Charles Taylor’s knowledge, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today at his trial in The Hague.
“It is possible that significant amounts of arms could come into Liberia [...]
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 in The [...]
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 answered. [...]
