Daily Summaries
June 2: Defense Attempts to Undermine Samuel Kargbo’s Testimony by Noting Prior Inconsistent Statements (***official transcript***)
May 22: (***official transcript***)
May 21: (***official transcript***)
May 20: (***official transcript***)
May 19: Defense Begins Cross-Examination of Moses Blah and Seeks to Establish that Blah Does Not Have Direct Evidence of Taylor’s Involvement with the AFRC/RUF (***official transcript***)
May 16: Prosecution completes direct examination of former Liberian President Moses Blah (***official transcript***)
May 15: (***official transcript***)
May 14: Taylor’s former vice president describes training, arms deliveries, and atrocities, claims cannibalism was required to join Taylor’s presidential guard (***official transcript***)
May 13: Defense cross-examination of former RUF commander Karmoh Kanneh continues (***official transcript***)
May 12: Witness implicates Taylor in the death of Sam Bockarie and the transfer of arms from Liberia to Sierra Leone, but cross-examination highlights prior inconsistent statements (***official transcript***)
May 9: (***official transcript***)
May 8: Former RUF officer testifies about extensive links between Taylor and AFRC/RUF (***official transcript***)
May 7: Witness tells of rapes, killings, amputations and looting in life as rebel captive (***official transcript***)
May 6: Former child soldier ends his testimony; prosecution does not call a witness after judges strip his protection; new crime-base witness takes the stand (***official transcript***)
May 5: (***official transcript***)
April 29: Prosecution and defense offer divergent views of rebel structures as AB Sesay concludes his testimony (***official transcript***)
April 28: Prosecution Witness Describes Threats Against Him and His Family in Sierra Leone; Cross-Examination Continues (***official transcript***)
April 25: Defense Cross-Examination of Former AFRC Combat Commander Focuses on Abductions and Attempts to Undermine his Credibility (***official transcript***)
April 24: Prosecution examination of former AFRC combat commander ends with dramatic testimony of meeting with Taylor; Defense cross-examination begins amid controversy over witness protection (***official transcript***)
April 23: Former AFRC combat commader describes atrocities that accompanied 1999 rebel withdrawal from Freetown (***official transcript***)
April 22: Former AFRC combat commander describes anatomy of the January 1999 Freetown invasion (***official transcript***)
April 21: (***official transcript***)
April 18: (***official transcript***)
April 17: Former AFRC member describes AFRC-RUF structures, cooperation, crimes, and a link to Charles Taylor (***official transcript***)
April 16: Former RUF radio operator completes his testimony, and a new prosecution witness takes the stand (***official transcript***)
April 15: Defense: former RUF radio operator’s story is not believable (***official transcript***)
April 14: Defense raises inconsistencies disputed by former RUF radio operator (***official transcript***)
April 11: Prosecution witnesses living together in The Hague raises questions about their credibility (***official transcript***)
April 10: RUF radio operator tells of diamond deliveries to Taylor; defense begins cross-examination (***official transcript***)
April 9: RUF radio operator details joint fighting, unified command of RUF and Liberian forces (***official transcript***)
April 8: Former RUF radio operator: Taylor gave orders, arms, and ammunition to RUF (***official transcript***)
April 7: Cross-examination of Isaac Mongor ends; a new prosecution witness takes the stand (***official transcript***)
April 4: Fifth day of cross-examination of prosecution witness Isaac Mongor focuses on arms, ammunition, and loose ends (***official transcript***)
April 3: Cross-examination of Isaac Mongor takes on new angles, features grisly accounts of RUF atrocities and the rationales for them (***official transcript***)
April 2: Defense attacks Isaac Mongor’s credibility for a third day; have prosecution investigators damaged Mongor’s credibility? (***official transcript***)
April 1: Taylor defense attacks the credibility of prosecution witness Isaac Mongor (***official transcript***)
March 31: Direct examination of prosecution witness Isaac Mongor ends, cross-examination begins (***official transcript***)
March 14: Prosecution witness “Zigzag” Marzah finishes testimony, says Taylor ate human hearts (***official transcript***)
March 13: “Zigzag” Marzah says Taylor ordered cannibalism; Defense works to discredit his testimony (***official transcript***)
March 12: NPFL insider “Zigzag” Marzah alleges Taylor ordered atrocities in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and traded arms for diamonds with the RUF (***official transcript***)
March 11: Isaac Mongor alleges Charles Taylor planned 1999 Freetown invasion with Sam Bockarie (***official transcript***)
March 10: (***official transcript***)
March 7: Taylor late due to security search; RUF insider questioned about expenses; dispute over next witness to be called (***official transcript***)
March 6: Defense challenges reliability of RUF insider’s memory and accuracy of testimony (***official transcript***)
March 5: After tales of killings, forced labor, arrests of UN peacekeepers and a plot to overthrow the Guinean President, cross-examination begins… (***official transcript***)
March 4: RUF Commander describes brutality, murders, rapes (***official transcript***)
February 26: Taylor Taken to Hospital But Proceedings Continue (***official transcript***)
February 25: Cross-Examination of Radio Operator Foday Lansana Continues (***official transcript***)
February 22: Prosecution’s Examination of Foday Lansana Completed; Defense Counsel Begins Cross-Examination (***official transcript***)
February 21: Lansana Testifies Concerning Communications Between Taylor and Sankoh; Movement of Arms from Liberia to Sierra Leone (***official transcript***)
February 20: Former NPFL/RUF Radio Operator Testifies Concerning Coordination Between Forces of Taylor and Sankoh in 1990’s (***official transcript***)
February 19: Prosecution Witness Describes RUF Use of Civilian Forced Labor (***official transcript***)
February 15: Two Prosecution Witnesses Recount Rebel Violence Towards Civilians; Expert Report of Beth Vann Submitted to Court (***official transcript***)
February 14: Prosecution Crime-Base Witnesses Describe Gang Rapes, Killings and Amputations by RUF Forces in Freetown and Elsewhere in January 1999 (***official transcript***)
February 13: Cross-Examination of Camara Concludes; Defense Counsel Accuses Witness of Lying (***official transcript***)
February 12: Cross-Examination of Suwandi Camara Continues (***official transcript***)
February 11: Prosecution Witness Camara Continues Testimony Concerning Taylor’s Forces in Liberia and Ties to RUF; Cross-Examination Begins (***official transcript***)
February 8: Prosecution Witness Testifies Taylor’s Presence in Libya in the Early 1990’s and Taylor’s Use of Small Boy Units (***official transcript***)
February 7: Cross-Examination of RUF Radio Operator Concludes; Prosecution Calls Next Witness, Suwandi Camara (***official transcript***)
February 6: Kamara Testifies Concerning RUF Attacks on Civilians and Freetown; Cross-Examination by Defense Counsel Commences (***official transcript***)
February 5: Former RUF Radio Operator Testifies Concerning RUF Operations (***official transcript***)
February 4: Prosecution Completes Redirect Examination of TF1-371; Begins Examination of Former RUF Radio Communications Officer (***official transcript***)
January 24: Defense Highlights Inconsistencies in Abu Keita’s Statements to the Prosecution; Court Faces Technical Difficulties as it Enters Closed Session (***official transcript***)
January 23: Prosecution Witness Abu Keita Connects Taylor to RUF Abuses
January 22: “So you think the accused has blood on his hands?”: Defense Challenges Prosecution Witness Corinne Dufka’s Impartiality; Prosecution Calls Linkage Witness Abu Keita (***official transcript***)
January 21: Father Chema Briefly Cross-Examined; Defense Challenges Expert Status of Corinne Dufka (***official transcript***)
January 18: Dr. Ellis Describes the History of Conflict and Political Uprising in Liberia; Father Chema Details his Work with Child Soldiers (***official transcript***)
January 17: Dr. Ellis Details the History of Conflict in Liberia; United States Influence in Liberian Politics Described (***official transcript***)
January 16: Cross-Examination of Koker Completed; Prosecution Examination of Expert Witness Stephen Ellis Commenced (***official transcript***)
January 15: Koker Testifies about “Operation No Living Thing” and Arms Deliveries from Liberia to Sierra Leone; Defense Counsel Begins Koker Cross-Examination (***official transcript***)
January 14: Defense Completes Cross-examination of Sherif; Prosecution calls Dennis Koker as Next Witness (***official transcript***)
January 11: Cross-Examination of Sherif Continues (***official transcript***)
January 10: Cross-Examination of Prosecution Linkage Witness Begins, Defense Challenges Insider Status (***official transcript***)
January 9: Former Taylor Government Insider Testifies On Links to RUF (***official transcript***)
January 8: Sierra Leonean Crime Base Witness Called as Prosecution’s Second Witness (***official transcript***)
January 7: Diamond Expert Called as First Prosecution Witness (***official transcript***)
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