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UN rights chief calls on Nigeria to hand over wanted war crimes suspect Taylor

July 17, 2005 12:04:00 PM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has called for ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor, currently in exile in Nigeria, to stand trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone on 17 counts of...

May 25, 2005 07:53:00 AM

Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola , President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone , the tribunal created by the UN to hear cases of serious crimes committed during the West African country's civil war, warned ...

May 6, 2005 10:28:00 AM

President Bush and visiting Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo discussed how indicted ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor might be brought to trial during a meeting Thursday at the White House. Taylor, now in exile in Nigeria, has been charged...

May 5, 2005 01:44:00 PM

Desmond de Silva, a UK national appointed Thursday as the new chief prosecutor for the UN-affilated Special Court for Sierra Leone immediately renewed a call made earlier this week by his predecessor David Crane his...

May 3, 2005 02:14:00 PM

Exiled former President of Liberia Charles Taylor will remain a threat to the entire West African region until he is tried and has said he will continue his efforts to assassinate Guinean President Lansana Conte according...

March 7, 2005 03:40:00 PM

The Special Court for Sierra Leone opened its final scheduled trial in Freetown Monday as outgoing chief prosecutor David Crane outlined his case against three former members of the the country's military...

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