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June 3, 2017 Liberia: UK Arrest for Civil War Crimes a Step for Justice Agnes Reeves Taylor Charged with Torture During 1989-96 War The indictment of Taylor showed law is powerful. It might be imperfect or uneven, but when engaged, it is powerful. –Civil society leader, Freetown, January 13, 2012 On April 26, 2012, former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first former head of state since the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders after World War II to face a verdict before an international or hybrid international-national court on charges of serious crimes committed in violation of international law. It was a landmark moment for war victims in Sierra Leone—where Taylor was convicted of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity and war crimes during the country’s brutal armed conflict from 1991-2002—the West Africa sub-region, and international efforts to ensure perpetrators of the gravest crimes are held to account. [1] The announcement of a judgment in the Taylor case was a

November 11, 2009 By destinationnigeria Leave a CommentFormer Liberian President Charles Taylor has said he was deceived by Nigeria into being arrested there in 2006.Speaking at his war crimes trial in The Hague, he said former President Olusegun Obasanjo had reneged on a promise to let him leave the country freely.Yesterday, he said he hoped he would live to look Obasanjo in the face one day and ask him to tell the truth about what happened. He also claimed a plot involving the UK and the US led to his indictment. Taylor is accused of backing rebels, who committed widespread atrocities throughout the 1990s in Liberia’s neighbour Sierra Leone.He was living in exile in Nigeria in 2006 when US pressure to put him on trial for alleged war crimes increased. Taylor now says Obasanjo – who is currently a United Nations peace envoy – told him lies that caused him to be arrested. The former Liberian leader told the Special Court for Sierra Leone yesteray that Obasanjo had earlier assured him

A former President Olusegun Obasanjo A former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd), has explained how a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, reacted to the arrest of a former Liberian President, Charles Taylor. Agwai, who was also a former Chief of Army Staff, was speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the maiden Public Safety and Security Dialogue organized by the CLEEN Foundation and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He said that when Charles Taylor left Liberia to Nigeria, he was not escorted by the Nigerian government, adding that it was the European Union (EU) and ECOWAS who brought him into Nigeria. “He stayed in Calabar and one day, when things were becoming tough, Taylor wanted to leave Nigeria and I think he wanted to go to Libya. He left Calabar and was stopped in Lake Chad area to go to Chad and Libya. And the war was on Nigeria. Taylor is a wanted fugitive and Nigeria is allowing Charles Taylor to escape. ADVERTISEMENT HOW OVER 5000 NIGERIA MEN HAVE

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