Trial Chamber judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone sitting in The Hague today ruled that British supermodel Naomi Campbell will testify on Thursday, August 5, 2010, thereby denying a defense application that the supermodel’s testimony be put on hold until prosecutors honor all their disclosure obligations pertaining to the evidence she will present. [...]
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Today, the Trial Chamber hearing the case of Charles Taylor adjourned for the day because Charles Taylor’s lead defense lawyer, Courtenay Griffiths, was absent in court due to illness. Mr. Griffiths is presently conducting the examination of Mr. Taylor’s witness, Issa Hassan Sesay, the convicted former interim leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Mr. [...]
August
2
2010
Issa Sesay Disputes Prosecution Evidence of RUF Insiders, Says RUF Fighters Saw Special Court As A Means Of Making Money
Today, the former interim leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel group that Charles Taylor is accused of providing support for during Sierra Leone’s 11 year civil conflict spent hours disputing the evidence of prosecution witnesses, telling Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague that members of his rebel group made up stories against [...]
As the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor resumed this week, the convicted former interim leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel group which Mr. Taylor is accused of supporting continued distancing Mr. Taylor from the activities of his rebel group during Sierra Leone’s bloody civil conflict that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Issa Hassan Sesay, [...]
July
30
2010
AFRC Leader Johnny Paul Koroma Did Not Have Any Communications With Chares Taylor, Issa Sesay Testifies
The leader of the military junta that ruled Sierra Leone from May 1997 to February 1998 did not have any communications with Charles Taylor, former interim rebel leader Issa Hassan Sesay told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today. Prosecutors have alleged that when members of the Sierra Leone army overthrew the [...]
July
29
2010
Court Spends The Day In Private Session
The Trial Chamber hearing the the case of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor spent the whole of today in private session as Mr. Taylor’s defense witness, convicted former interim leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Issa Hassan Sesay, was refuting the testimonies of prosecution witnesses whose testimonies were heard only in closed or private [...]
An alleged operation which aimed to free the leader of Sierra Leone’s main rebel leader from jail was not planned in cahoots with Charles Taylor in Liberia, but was instead a series of independent attacks planned by Sierra Leonean rebel forces themselves and disconnected from their leader’s incarceration, the Special Court for Sierra Leone heard [...]
July
27
2010
Former SRSG to Sierra Leone Said ECOWAS Leaders Supported Issa Sesay’s leadership of The RUF
Charles Taylor’s lawyers today cited a high ranking United Nations official who said that West African leaders supported the replacement of Sierra Leone’s top rebel leader in the name of securing peace in the war-town nation. Reading from a 2008 statement, Mr. Taylor’s team sought to further distance Charles Taylor from prosecution claims that he [...]
As the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumed today, the much-anticipated testimony of supermodel Naomi Campbell was delayed until Thursday next week, August 5. Meanwhile, a former Sierra Leonean rebel leader returned to the witness stand today and said that his appointment as the top rebel was made by a group of West [...]
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday July 15 2010 issued a decision affirming the conviction of Charles Taylor Jr., aka Chuckie Taylor, who was convicted in October 2008 by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and sentenced to 97 years imprisonment for [...]
