Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report (April 1, 2010 – April 30, 2010)[1] 1. Overview The Defense case moved ahead steadily in April, with three new witnesses taking the stand for Charles Taylor. By the end of this reporting period, Taylor’s Defense team had called a total of eleven witnesses. Much of the testimony this [...]
May
24
2010
Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report: March 2010
Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report (February 22, 2010 – March 31, 2010)[1] 1. Overview The Defense called its second witness, Yankuba Samateh, a.k.a. Yanks Smythe, on Monday February 22, 2010. By the second week of March, the Defense had increased the pace at which it was calling witnesses, with six witnesses completing testimony during this [...]
Prosecutors in the trial of Charles Taylor this week made an application to Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague for the issuance of a subpoena to supermodel Naomi Campbell, who is alleged to have received a rough diamond gift from the former Liberian president after a 1997 state dinner with former South [...]
May
21
2010
NPFL Radio Operator Contradicts Taylor’s Account About NPFL Radio Operations in Liberia And Sierra Leone
A defense witness and former radio operator for Charles Taylor’s rebel group in Liberia today contradicted the former president’s account about the existence of radio stations belonging to the rebel group in Liberia. The witness also said that there were no communications between Mr. Taylor’s Liberian rebel group and Sierra Leonean rebels in the early 1990s, contrary to [...]
Prosecutors in the trial of Charles Taylor have today filed a motion to call three additional witnesses before Special Court for Sierra Leone Trial Chamber judges as evidence in rebuttal against the former Liberian president, who is on trial for allegedly providing support to Sierra Leonean rebel forces during the country’s 11 year civil conflict. Prosecutors [...]
A defense witness for Charles Taylor today described a former radio operator for Sierra Leonean rebel forces who testified against the former Liberian president as a “desperate” and starving young man who sought his help in Liberia during the country’s civil conflict. Joseph Menson Dehmie, a former radio operator for Mr. Taylor’s Liberian rebel group, today [...]
May
18
2010
Territory Controlled by Taylor’s Rebels Was The Safest Place For Civilians, Witness Says
Areas controlled by Charles Taylor’s rebel forces were the safest zones for civilians during the Liberian conflict, according to a witness testifying in defense of the former Liberian president today. Timan Edward Zammy, a former commander in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebel group, also dismissed as “lies” claims that the NPFL was involved [...]
Prosecutors today sought to impeach the credibility of Charles Taylor’s defense witness by pointing out that he has not been truthful about how he was recruited into Mr. Taylor’s Liberian rebel group, as well as the positions he claims to have held in the rebel group during the early days of the Liberian conflict. Timan [...]
Charles Taylor executed his own rebel commanders who sold arms to the Sierra Leonean rebels, as well as prosecuted and punished rebels who harmed civilians, a witness testifying for the former Liberian president told the Special Court for Sierra Leone this week. Timan Edward Zammy, a former Brigade Commander in Mr. Taylor’s National Patriotic Front [...]
Prosecution witness and former member of Charles Taylor’s rebel group, Joseph Zig Zag Marzah, did not have a sound mind, he took drugs, he was never close to Mr. Taylor, and he is a liar, Mr. Taylor’s 11th defense witness told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today in The Hague. Mr. Timan Edward Zammy, a [...]
