Charles Taylor was a former Liberian president was sentenced to a 50-year jail sentence on charges of aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
In 1989 Charles Taylor stared the Liberia civil war. He was a warlord and was elected president in 1997. For six year, before he was forced into exile in Nigeria he governed Liberia. He was convicted for 11 charges of war crime and crime against humanity. This was for his alleged role in the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. He was accused of backing rebels that are responsible for widespread atrocities. Thought the judge found that Taylor didn’t command the rebels as alleged but that Charles Taylor sold diamonds for them and also supplied them with weapons and fighters for sierra Leone’s revolutionary united front rebels that were notorious is for hacking off hands and legs of the civilians during their decade-long war.
Charles Taylor knew that these rebels were committing atrocities against the civilians and so he shared the criminal responsibility. His argue was that he only dealt with the rebel for peace talks but the judge found that in fact at the same time Charles Taylor had he secretly urging the rebels to continue there attacks.
Taylor was given asylum in Nigeria to end the …show more content…
The case was moved to the Netherlands instead of happening in Sierra Leone, as they didn’t want the hearing to spark fresh instability between Sierra Leone and Liberia. Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50-years on May 30th 2012 and his appeal was rejected. The 11 crimes against humanity and war crimes he was accused of Acts of terrorism (WC), Murder (CAH), Violence to life, in particular murder (WC), Rape (CAH), Sexual slavery and violence (CAH), Outrages upon personal dignity (WC),Violence to life, in particular cruel treatment (WC),Other inhumane acts (CAH),Use of child soldiers (VIHL),Enslavement
In 1989 Charles Taylor stared the Liberia civil war. He was a warlord and was elected president in 1997. For six year, before he was forced into exile in Nigeria he governed Liberia. He was convicted for 11 charges of war crime and crime against humanity. This was for his alleged role in the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. He was accused of backing rebels that are responsible for widespread atrocities. Thought the judge found that Taylor didn’t command the rebels as alleged but that Charles Taylor sold diamonds for them and also supplied them with weapons and fighters for sierra Leone’s revolutionary united front rebels that were notorious is for hacking off hands and legs of the civilians during their decade-long war.
Charles Taylor knew that these rebels were committing atrocities against the civilians and so he shared the criminal responsibility. His argue was that he only dealt with the rebel for peace talks but the judge found that in fact at the same time Charles Taylor had he secretly urging the rebels to continue there attacks.
Taylor was given asylum in Nigeria to end the …show more content…
The case was moved to the Netherlands instead of happening in Sierra Leone, as they didn’t want the hearing to spark fresh instability between Sierra Leone and Liberia. Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50-years on May 30th 2012 and his appeal was rejected. The 11 crimes against humanity and war crimes he was accused of Acts of terrorism (WC), Murder (CAH), Violence to life, in particular murder (WC), Rape (CAH), Sexual slavery and violence (CAH), Outrages upon personal dignity (WC),Violence to life, in particular cruel treatment (WC),Other inhumane acts (CAH),Use of child soldiers (VIHL),Enslavement