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Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) is a Liberian former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003 as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure.
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May 6, 2024 · Charles Taylor was a Liberian politician and guerrilla leader who served as Liberia’s president from 1997 until he was forced into exile in 2003. He was widely held responsible for the country’s devastating civil war during the 1990s and for crimes committed during the civil war in neighbouring.
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Mar 29, 2021 · Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has enjoyed playing tennis with fellow inmates in The Hague and is worried about his personal safety once he is transferred to Britain to serve out his sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to new documents released by his lawyers.
May 30, 2012 · May 30, 2012. Today, the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (external link) sentenced convicted former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor to a term of 50 years in prison for planning and for aiding and abetting crimes committed by rebel forces in Sierra Leone during the country's decade-long civil war.
As president of neighboring Liberia from 1997 until 2003, Charles Taylor stands convicted of fuelling the war in Sierra Leone by arming rebel factions with guns and ammunition in return for diamonds, even while Liberia itself was going through its own protracted and violent civil war. Historic step for international justice.
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Sep 26, 2013 · LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands An international war crimes court upheld the conviction and 50-year sentence of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for aiding rebels in Sierra Leone, ruling...
Apr 26, 2012 · Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was found guilty by an international tribunal of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes during the 1990s. This marks the first time since World War...