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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George Brachenthwaite said
Enough already! The world knows his guilt! Now, I wouldn’t suggest that he have his hands cut off and turned upside down to let the blood spill out, but he should be executed. I oppose the death penalty in all cases except heads of state and high government officials, so obviously guilty of such crimes.
MOSES said
great trial
messeniyan koiwood said
Over the passed years we have heard condamnation and prejudicial comments from many quarters regarding mr. taylor’s guilt. I have listened to these statements with total bemusement. We are so mush in the business of prosecuting this one man till we forget our responsibity to society. I believe it is written somewhere that we will only do society justice if we uphold the natural unspoken law of humanity,that we are all responsible for what happened to both my country and Sierra Leone.
From the foot soldier who fired the first bullet in both countries to the politicians who went on peace talks around the world, to the facilitators and super powers who sat uphigh because of greed. I will make no such condamnation or prejudicial comments aganist Mr. Taylor. He with out sin cast the first stone.