Taylor boycotts war crimes trial
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the start of his war crimes trial on Monday, saying he would not get a fair hearing at the U.N.- backed court where he is accused of atrocities in Sierra Leone.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor goes on trial next week charged with instigating murder, rape and terrorism during Sierra Leone's civil war in a case prosecutors say could end impunity for African strongmen.
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Charles G. Taylor, once one of West Africaâs most feared men, dismissed his defense lawyer today and refused to appear at the opening of his long-awaited war crimes trial.
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Â· Ex-ruler of Liberia accused of crimes in Sierra Leone  Â· Taylor is first African leader to face prosecution
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AUSTRALIAN David Hicks - charged by the US with war crimes and held in Guantanamo Bay - boycotted a review hearing meant to evaluate his legal status today after his lawyers were prohibited from attending the proceedings.
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Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial hears how Sierra Leone rebels massacred 101 people.
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A Roman Catholic priest charged with directing the killing of 2,000 of his parishioners inthe 1994 Rwandan genocide has boycotted the trial proceedings by the United
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor plunged the start of his landmark war crimes trial into chaos yesterday by boycotting the hearing and firing his lawyer, saying he did not believe he would get a fair trial.
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The war crimes trial of ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to resume in The Hague after a six-month gap.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor complained Friday about "Eurocentric" prison food and limited access to telephones at his first appearance before a war crimes tribunal since being flown to the Netherlands for trial.
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THE HAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - After a delay of six months, the Charles Taylor  case resumed at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Jan.  7. The former president of Liberia is charged with crimes against  humanity and war crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone  (1991-2001), including murder, rape, enslavement, acts of  terrorism and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is on trial for atrocities committed in Sierra Leone's civil war, would if convicted serve his sentence in Britain under an agreement made by British authorities.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor failed to appear in court on Monday when his war crimes trial resumed, saying through an official the court did not give him adequate funds to assemble a strong defense team.
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The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumed in The Hague on Monday with Taylor again absent after boycotting the opening three weeks ago.
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Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his trial in The Hague for war crimes in Sierra Leone on Monday, saying he had lost faith in the U.N.-backed court and upstaging the proceedings.
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The international war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor reopened Monday, six months after it was adjourned when he boycotted the opening session and fired his attorney.
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Delays in the trial of Charles Taylor have caused much finger-pointing at the U.N.-backed special court.