Charles Taylor July 20, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Special Court for Sierra Leone: Judicial Recess …the Charles Taylor case will resume at 9:30 a.m. on Monday August 18, 2008. Blogging of the Taylor Trial on this site will re-commence as soon as the trial resumes….
Charles Taylor June 30, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Change of Blogging Format from Unofficial Transcripts to Daily Summaries …Summaries” format. This is the first step towards several changes that we will be making to the website over the coming weeks in order to make the site more reader…
Charles Taylor June 27, 2008March 5, 2014 by Clifford Chance LLP Trial Report: May 1-June 2, '08 …Taylor and these groups. He did not know of any radio communications between Taylor and the groups apart from communications about “Kuwait” (Sierra Leone) in the early days of the…
Charles Taylor June 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Prosecution calls Witness TF1-375 …security force near the mines? Wit: Yes, they told me that there were SBU’s guarding the mining site. Pros: Where were you at the time of the intervention? Wit: I…
Charles Taylor June 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Court resumes session: Examination of witness TFI-584 continues …going for 80,000. Def: that is SLL? Wit: yes Def: tab 7 and 8 of the defense bundle. Look at 7 first. The prosecutor keeps a record the was spent…
Charles Taylor June 13, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Prosecution Continues with Direct Examination of Witness TF1-590 …to technical difficulties with the videostream broadcast, we were unable to post any testimony for today. However, the transcript is available at http://www.sc-sl.org/taylor-transcripts.html. Court will resume on Monday, June 16….
Charles Taylor April 22, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Sesay Testifies to SLA and RUF Troop Movements, Atrocities and Communications …Wit: We wanted to create fear for the troops that we were meeting in Freetown. Pro: Which troops? Wit: The mixed troops because there were several troops present. We try…
Charles Taylor April 17, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 5:00 Witness participated in "Operation Pay Yourself" and murders in Kono, testifies about orders for these …Ferry Junction. ECOMOG forces also came from Regent to attack Hill Station. We went there to reinforce the troops and push the ECOMOG forces back. The fighting continued until later…
Charles Taylor April 8, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Former RUF Radio Operator: Taylor Gave Orders, Arms and Ammunition to RUF …collect acid for the car batteries the RUF used to power their radios. In Kono he was assigned to oversee a diamond mining site, and he stayed in Kono until…
Charles Taylor April 8, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 12:00 Prosecution witness, a radio operator, tells of communication infrastructure between RUF and Liberia …were men staying with them for mining, and they took me to the site. Kim Perry was also signal personnel. At the mining site in Koidu, in the morning we…
