Move to put ex-Liberia president Taylor on trial should serve as warning: UN prosecutor
March 19, 2006
[JURIST] The latest effort to put former Liberian President Charles Taylor [PBS profile; JURIST news archive] on trial for crimes against humanity at the Special Court for the Sierra Leone [official website] should be seen as a warning to the "world's war....... [more] 
Liberia seeks Nigerian handover of ex-president Taylor on war crimes charges
March 17, 2006
[JURIST] Liberia has formally asked the Nigerian government to transfer former Liberian President Charles Taylor [PBS profile; JURIST news archive] so that he can face war crimes charges at the Special Court for the Sierra Leone [official website]. Liberi....... [more]
Nigerian court allows challenge to asylum for indicted ex-Liberian president
November 3, 2005
[JURIST] The Nigerian Federal High Court has ruled that two Nigerians who were tortured and mutilated in Sierra Leone can challenge Nigeria's decision to grant asylum to former Liberian President Charles Taylor [PBS profile]. Taylor was granted asylum in....... [more]
US presses for arrest of exiled former Liberian president
October 4, 2005
[JURIST] The US has circulated a draft UN resolution calling for the UN's peacekeeping force in Liberia [JURIST news archive] to arrest former Liberian president Charles Taylor [PBS profile] if he tries to return from his exile in Nigeria. The resolution....... [more]
Nigeria president says indicted Liberia leader Taylor should stay in exile for now
September 17, 2005
[JURIST] Nigerian President and current African Union chair Olusegun Obasanjo told the UN General Assembly Saturday at the opening of its regular 60th anniversary session that former Liberian president Charles Taylor, indicted [text] by the Special Tribun....... [more]
UN rights chief calls on Nigeria to hand over wanted war crimes suspect Taylor
July 17, 2005
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louis Arbour [official website] has called for ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor, currently in exile in Nigeria, to stand trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone [JURIST news archive] on 17 counts....... [more]
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