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Charles Taylor Trial
Weekly Summary of the Taylor Trial- Week of July 14-18, 2008
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Jul 21, 2008 - 4:23:11 PM
The witness returned to his
testimony regarding the killing of Sam Bockarie in 2003. The witness testified that while he was being
held in jail in Monrovia,
he overheard a BBC radio broadcast, reporting that Sam Bockarie had been
killed. Later Jungle and Sylvester (colleague
of Benjamin Yeaten) came to the witness and confirmed that they had killed Sam
Bockarie, and had been given an order to kill any soldier who had accompanied
Bockarie from Ivory Coast .
Charles Taylor Trial
Weekly Summary of the Taylor Trial- Week of July 7- July 11, 2008
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Jul 15, 2008 - 9:11:44 AM
The
Prosecution continued its direct examination of Protected Witness 34 (TF1-567)
in a closed session, to discuss matters related to security. When open session
resumed, the witness testified that he was told by Daniel Tamba – aka “Jungle” –
that after Sam Bockarie had returned to Freetown
in 1999, “Pa” Charles Taylor agreed to train a group of Bockarie’s men as
ATU. The witness testified that Sam Bockarie left the RUF to go to
Monrovia because he had disagreements with other RUF commanders. Bockarie did not want
to disarm before establishing a Government of National Unity, and feared the
disarmament was a plot by the UN to arrest him. When Sam Bockarie arrived
in Monrovia he had
contact with Charles Taylor “all the time”.
Charles Taylor Trial
Weekly Report on Taylor Trial Summary for the Week of June 30 – July 4, 2008
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Jul 10, 2008 - 3:44:36 PM
This week, Trial Chamber
II of the Special Court only held sessions on Wednesday 2 July and Friday 4
July, 2008, due to a Dutch holiday and the 10th On
Wednesday, Prosecution Counsel Brenda Hollis called the next Prosecution
witness, protected witness TF1-567. The
witness testified under a pseudonym in Krio, with image and voice
distortion. Part of the testimony was held
in private sessions in order to protect the identity of the witness. During the
afternoon session, the Principal Defender, Elizabeth Nahamya, made her first
appearance sitting in on the Taylor trial.
Charles Taylor Trial
Weekly Summary of the Taylor Trial – Week of June 23- June 27 2008
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Jul 4, 2008 - 7:46:54 AM
On Monday morning, Defense
Counsel Morris Anya concluded the cross-examination of Prosecution Witness
TF1-584, Ms. Alice Pyne, a.k.a. ‘Apple of Action. Mr. Anya began where he left off Friday,
asking the witness if she agreed with previous testimony given by Alimamy
Bobson Sesay in April 2008 that the Red Lion Battalion was formed in Colonel
Eddie Town. Ms. Pyne disagreed,
submitting that it was actually formed by Gullit in Koinadugu.
Charles Taylor Trial
Weekly Report on Taylor Trial: Summary for the Week of June 16 – June 20, 2008
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Jun 23, 2008 - 4:23:40 PM
Prosecution Counsel
Bangura continued the direct examination of protected witness TF1-590 this
week.The witness is a Sierra Leoneon who
was living in Liberia from 1998-1999. Last week he had testified about being captured by Chucky Taylor (Charles
Taylor, Jr.) and the Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) in 1999. After a couple of escape attempts he was
brought to Monrovia at Charles Taylor’s request.
