Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Chief Prosecutor Desmond de Silva told the Associated Press in an interview Friday that Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor is being closely guarded by UN peacekeepers from...
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Sierra Leone court seeks move of Taylor trial to Hague: Dutch foreign ministry
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that the Special Court for Sierra Leone has asked the country to host the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news...
Ex-Liberia president taken into UN custody, delivered to war crimes court
United Nations officials and armed peacekeepers took former Liberian President Charles Taylor into custody Wednesday in Monrovia after he was transported to Liberia following his capture by Nigerian officials in an attempt...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Charles Taylor captured by Nigeria in escape bid
Fugitive war crimes indictee Charles Taylor , who disappeared from his villa in the south of Nigeria where he had been living in exile since 2003, has been recaptured, according to a Nigerian police spokesman....
BREAKING NEWS ~ Wanted war crimes suspect Taylor is missing: Nigeria
The BBC is reporting a statement by the Nigerian government that wanted war crimes suspect Charles Taylor , the former Liberian president indicted by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) who it said...
A spokesman in Nigeria for former Liberian president Charles Taylor said Monday that his whereabouts are unknown, after Nigeria indicated over the weekend that Liberia could take Taylor into custody to stand trial for war...
Sierra Leone war crimes court calls for Nigeria to detain Taylor immediately
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Sunday called on the Nigerian government to immediately detain former Liberian president and accused war criminal Charles Taylor so that he does not disappear before being...
Statement by the Federal Government of Nigeria - Former President Charles Taylor to be Transferred to the Custody of the Government of Liberia, March 25, 2006. Text:On March 5th, 2006, a formal request was sent to President Olusegun Obasanjo by...
Taylor war crimes prosecutor hails promised Nigerian handover to Liberia
The former UN Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone who signed the indictment of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor in 2003 Saturday hailed Nigeria's promise to hand over the former warlord ,...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Nigeria to hand over war crimes indictee Taylor to Liberia
The Nigerian government said Saturday that it would allow the transfer of ex-Liberia president and fugitive war crimes indictee Charles Taylor to Liberian authorities. According to a statement: "President Olusegun Obasanjo has today, 25 March, informed...