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Liberia rainforest: ‘60% handed to logging companies’

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

Uncontrolled logging is posing a risk to Liberia’s virgin rainforests and depriving people of economic benefits, campaign group Global Witness warns. Its report says that

Taylor to reject call for 80-year sentence

YoopyaMay 15, 2012March 1, 20140

(Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor will on Wednesday tell judges he bears no responsibility for atrocities during Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war, rejecting

Prosecutors seek 80-year sentence for Charles Taylor

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prosecutors have demanded an 80-year jail term for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who last week was convicted of

Jury still out on international war crimes system

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

(Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s war crimes conviction may be seen in some quarters as a victory for global justice, but a backlash

Court to give Taylor verdict in war crimes milestone

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A special court delivers its verdict on Thursday on whether Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor is guilty of crimes

UN war crimes court rules on Taylor on April 26

YoopyaMar 2, 20120

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The U.N. war crimes court trying Charles Taylor for atrocities in Sierra Leone said on Thursday it will deliver a verdict on