Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) - Wikipedia
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) is a Liberian former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003 as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure.
Charles Taylor | Liberian Warlord & President | Britannica
Taylor was the son of a judge, a member of the elite in Liberia descended from the freed American slaves who colonized the region in the early 19th century. He attended college in the United States , where in 1977 he received a degree in economics from Bentley College in Waltham , Massachusetts.
Charles Taylor: Preacher, warlord, president - BBC News
2013年9月26日 · A profile of Charles Taylor, the ex-leader of Liberia who is serving a 50-year-long jail sentence for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone.
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes
2018年5月18日 · On April 26, 2012, former Liberian president Charles Taylor is found guilty of abetting horrific war crimes, including rape and mutilation in Sierra Leone.
Charles Taylor: The Rise and Fall of Liberia's Warlord - YouTube
Charles Taylor, their leader, was a relatively obscure figure at the time, but he was to become West Africa’s most notorious warlord.
Charles Taylor and the Killing Tree - The New Yorker
2012年4月26日 · Taylor exploited Liberia’s tribal divisions and presided over a gruesomely violent civil war that lasted seven years, in which as many as two hundred thousand civilians were killed.
Liberia's Charles Taylor jailed for 50 years over 'heinous and …
2012年5月30日 · THE HAGUE -- Judges at the international war crimes court sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison on Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most...
Liberia: 15 years later, we remember the long hunt for Charles Taylor
15 years ago today on 29 March 2006, the former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor was arrested in Nigeria and sent to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. To mark this anniversary, we retrace this hunt and arrest of the first African head of state to be arrested by international justice.
Charles Taylor - Human Rights Watch
2012年7月25日 · On April 26, 2012, Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, became the first former head of state since Nuremberg to be convicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by an...
Charles Taylor - LiberiaInfo
2012年4月7日 · On Christmas Eve, December 24,1989, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) led by Charles Taylor, entered Liberia through Nimba County from the Ivory Coast. The NPFL successfully recruited many from the Gio and Mano tribes because of their conflict with the Doe administration.