Liberia’s Taylor in Sierra Leone war crimes court
April 3, 2006
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles
Taylor appeared in a U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone on
Monday to face 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against
humanity in that country’s civil war, Reuters witnesses said.
His aides have said he would plead not guilty to multiple
charges accusing him of receiving diamonds to train, finance
and arm rebels during Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil war.
Source: reuters