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Liberia: Court Spends the Day in Private Session

By Alpha Sesay, 29 July 2010
Transfer of Charles Taylor for trial for war crimes in the Hague. (Photo Courtesy Special Court for Sierra Leone)

The Trial Chamber hearing the case of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor spent the whole of today in private session.

Mr. Taylor's defense witness, convicted former interim leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Issa Hassan Sesay, was refuting the testimonies of prosecution witnesses whose testimonies were heard only in closed or private session. For the protection of the identities of those protected witnesses, any response to their testimonies must be heard in private.

Mr. Sesay's testimony continues tomorrow.

Tagged: Arms and Armies, Conflict, External Relations, Human Rights, International Organisations, Legal Affairs, Liberia, Sierra Leone, West Africa

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