Taylor, in charge of all charges
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From German Yahoo News Today translated with Google Translator
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has declared preliminary guilty against the former Liberian president Charles Taylor for war crimes during the civil war in this West African country is guilty:
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has pronounced the former Liberian President Charles guilty........
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has sentenced the former Liberian president Charles Taylor for war crimes during the civil war in the West African country. The Court ruled that Taylor did sponsor the armed rebels in Sierra Leone to receive in return so-called blood diamonds, which he recieved. The decision was declared finally in Leidschendam near The Hague, Netherlands-based World Court.
The court found Taylor in all the alleged points guilty, Judge Richard Lussick said at the sentencing. Then the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands forsake the other eleven charges which include, among other things, murder, rape and pillage.
The now 64-year-old, between 1997 and 2003 President of Liberia controlled, in the opinion of the Court the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone. He was thus responsible for the crimes of the rebels, including child soldiers sent into the battle, with the help of the rebels, Taylor piled on the opinion of the Court the diamond resources.
The final sentence against Taylor will be announced on 30 May 2012 . According to the Foreign Office in London, Taylor will serve his sentence in a British prison.
The guilty verdict against Taylor was the first by an International Court against a former head of state since the Nuremberg trials after World War II against the German Nazis. During the civil war in Sierra Leone, 1991-2001, about 120,000 people were reportedly killed, according to the news released.
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