Ex Presidente Taylor Liberiano
Charles Taylor, el ex presidente de Liberiano, boicoteado su trial en Hague por Crimenes de Guerra, el incitar jueces para retrasar su caso por una semena mas. El fue procesado por su alegado implicación en espaldar los rebeldes en un guera brutal con sus vecinos Sierra Leone.
Liberia’s former President Charles Taylor appeared at his trial in The Hague for war crimes.
In blue suit with a yellow tie, 59 year old Mr Taylor, showed up after the judge had explained why his trial would be delayed again – until 20 August.
Taylor has boycotted previous hearings, the delay is so Ex President Taylor could appoint his defence team.
He denies backing the rebels in Sierra Leone in an 11-year campaign that killed and brutalized thousand of civilians.
This is the first war crimes trial against a former African head of state.
Mr Taylor has say that the trial, that last month, would not be fair.
Taylor showed up 20 minutes after his trial started, reportedly because of problems with transportation from the prison where he’s being held.
“I plead not guilty, your honour,” Mr Taylor replied.
Mr Taylor pleaded not guilty to all the charges when he appeared in court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in March 2006.
The trial was moved to The Hague because of fears it could lead to renewed tensions within Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has been approved by both the UN and the government of Sierra Leone.
Mr Taylor is accused of backing the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Sierra Leone – giving them guns, training and money in exchange for diamonds from the areas they controlled.
The RUF became notorious for hacking off the hands and legs of civilians during their decade-long war.
Mr Taylor lost power in 2003 after rival militias rose up and forced him into exile in Nigeria.
He was deported by Nigeria last year in controversial circumstances and flown to The Hague to await his trial.
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