Court Jails Charles Taylor for 50 Years

The Special Court for Sierra Leone has jailed former Liberian president Charles Taylor for 50 years for his role in aiding and abetting murder, acts of violent sexual abuse and using child soldiers in the Sierra Leone conflict of 1996 to 2002.

Al Jazeera television news records the moment Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years' jail by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague on Wednesday.

  • West Africa:  Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

    Special Court for Sierra Leone, 30 May 2012

    The Judges of Trial Chamber II today sentenced convicted former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor to a term of 50 years in prison for planning and for aiding and abetting… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

    CharlesTaylorTrial.org, 30 May 2012

    Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to a jail-term of 50 years after he was convicted of aiding and abetting… Read more »

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Charles Taylor at the UN-backed court.

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