In his complaint filed by the Cédéao Court of Justice, the former president affirms that the action of the government is “a violation of its human rights”.
Le Monde
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, sentenced to 50 years in prison for crimes against humanity for his role during the civil war in Sierra Leone, filed a complaint against Liberia for “non-payment of his retirement”, reports a published press release, Monday, October 25, by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (Cédéao), with which the complaint has been filed.
“In his complaint, the former president affirms that the government’s action [or the refusal of the payment of his retirement] is a violation of his human rights”, is he written in the press release. The Court specifies that no date of hearing has yet been fixed.
Attached by the France-Press agency (AFP), Adama Dempster, Secretary General of the Civil Society Platform for the Defense of Human Rights in Liberia, said Taylor “was not sentenced for crimes committed in Liberia, so it does not affect its rights here. ” “I think it should receive what the law provides for him,” said Demspter.
Sentenced for helping and encouraged a campaign of terror
Charles Taylor, sentenced in 2012 to 50 years of imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the civil war (1991-2002) in neighboring Sierra Leone, purges his sentence in a British prison.
This former head of war since Liberia President (1997-2003) was sentenced for helping and encouraged a terror campaign to obtain control of Sierra Leone by providing weapons, ammunition and other logistics aids at the front Revolutionary Uni (RUF) in exchange for diamonds.
On the other hand, it was not worried for the atrocities committed in its own country during the Civil War (1989-2003).