Liberia's Taylor boycotts war crimes trial
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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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Charles Taylor's defense attorney accused a key prosecution witness at the Liberian ex-president's war crimes trial Monday of falsely portraying himself as a close Taylor aide and of concocting evidence so prosecutors would keep paying his expenses.
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Liberia's former President 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.
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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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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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The U.N.-backed Special Court for   Sierra Leone has set a provisional start date to try Charles   Taylor on April 2, 2007, the court said on Friday.
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Prosecution and defense lawyers asked for another delay in the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Thursday, saying the defense will not have enough time to prepare for the first witness, who is due to testify July 3.
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The U.N.-backed Special Court for  Sierra Leone has set a provisional start date of April 2, 2007,  to try former Liberian President Charles Taylor on war crimes  charges, the court said on Friday.
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Charles Taylor is not happy about  conditions in the Hague jail he was moved to last month, his  lawyer said on Friday as the former Liberian president appeared  in court for the first time since he left Sierra Leone.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial could begin as early as April 2, according to a tentative date set by the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Friday.
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The international trial of former President Charles Taylor of Liberia reopened six months after it was adjourned when he boycotted the opening session and fired his attorney.
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Charles Taylor appears at war crimes trial court in The Hague after demand for more senior lawyer is rejected.
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Former President Charles G. Taylor of Liberia is on trial on charges of backing rebels who plunged Sierra Leone into civil war.
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Family and friends of Charles Taylor  held a church service on Sunday in support of the former  Liberian president, on the eve of his trial in The Hague on 11  counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Former Liberian leader accused of war crimes fails to show up for start of his trial at The Hague.
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The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was charged in the United States with two counts of torture and one count of using a firearm to carry out a violent crime, a U.S. law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, accused of orchestrating unspeakable atrocities during neighboring Sierra Leone's bloody civil war, goes on trial Monday &#151; the first African leader to face justice at an international tribunal.