Charles Taylor
President of Liberia from 1997 to 2003
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| October 2021 | Taylor filed a complaint against the Liberian government for non-payment of his retirement with the ECOWAS Court of Justice. |
| October 2021 | Taylor filed a complaint against the Liberian government for non-payment of his retirement with the ECOWAS Court of Justice. |
| December 6 2019 | The Central Criminal Court in London dismissed the charges against Agnes Reeves Taylor after ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the NPFL exercised sufficient governmental functions. |
| December 6 2019 | The Central Criminal Court in London dismissed the charges against Agnes Reeves Taylor after ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the NPFL exercised sufficient governmental functions. |
| June 2 2017 | Agnes Reeves Taylor was arrested in London by the Metropolitan Police and charged with torture related to her involvement with the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) during the First Liberian Civil War. |
| June 2 2017 | Agnes Reeves Taylor was arrested in London by the Metropolitan Police and charged with torture related to her involvement with the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) during the First Liberian Civil War. |
| 2015 | Idris Elba's Commandant character in Beasts of No Nation is partially based on Charles Taylor. |
| 2015 | Idris Elba's Commandant character in Beasts of No Nation is partially based on Charles Taylor. |
| October 15 2013 | Taylor was transferred to British custody and began serving his sentence at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham, England. |
| October 15 2013 | Taylor was transferred to British custody and began serving his sentence at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham, England. |
| September 26 2013 | The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court confirmed Taylor's guilt and the 50-year prison sentence. |
| September 26 2013 | The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court confirmed Taylor's guilt and the 50-year prison sentence. |
| May 30 2012 | Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison. |
| May 30 2012 | Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison. |
| April 26 2012 | The Special Court unanimously found Taylor guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, becoming the first former head of state convicted by an international tribunal since the Nuremberg Trials. |
| April 26 2012 | The Special Court unanimously found Taylor guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, becoming the first former head of state convicted by an international tribunal since the Nuremberg Trials. |
| March 11 2011 | Closing arguments in Taylor's trial were completed. |
| March 11 2011 | Closing arguments in Taylor's trial were completed. |
| March 5 2011 | Phillip Taylor, Charles Taylor's son, was arrested by Liberian police in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, and charged with attempted murder related to an assault on an immigration officer's son. |
| March 5 2011 | Phillip Taylor, Charles Taylor's son, was arrested by Liberian police in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, and charged with attempted murder related to an assault on an immigration officer's son. |
| March 2010 | Charles Taylor's youngest child with Victoria Addison Taylor, a daughter named Charlize, was born. |
| March 2010 | Charles Taylor's youngest child with Victoria Addison Taylor, a daughter named Charlize, was born. |
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