Convicted war criminal Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison Wednesday, marking the end of a years-long legal process to hold the former Liberian president accountable for atrocities ...

From the UN and beyond, the message after the conviction of Charles Taylor has been the same: The days of impunity of tyrants around the world are now numbered. Taylor was found guilty on 11 counts of ...

Lawyer for accused blood diamond-financed president slams Tribunal for "racism." Oct. 27, 2009 — -- The lawyer for the African despot accused of financing rape and pillage with stolen diamonds, ...

It was a week full of powerful symbolism. There was, for example, the symbolism of the trial of Charles Taylor, the former warlord President of Liberia. Dressed in a dark suit, complete with a ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The defence lawyer for Charles Taylor on Wednesday accused the court trying the former Liberian president for war crimes of pursuing a politically motivated case. Accused of ...

MONROVIA, Liberia, March 30 -- President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said Thursday that she supported a bid to move the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor from neighboring Sierra ...