UN Crimes Court For Sierra Leone Ends
Trial
The UN
tribunal investigating atrocities from Sierra Leone decade-long civil war has
dealt with its last case after seven years, and is winding up.
The court has
spent millions of dollars prosecuting suspects from all sides.
The court's final
hearing saw judges uphold the convictions of three rebel leaders.
The only remaining
case is that of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor, who is currently on trial
in The Hague. He is accused of backing rebels from the Revolutionary United
Front (RUF) in an attempt to overthrow Sierra Leone's government.
The court was set
up by the UN and Sierra Leone's government in 2002 to punish crimes regardless
of who committed them.
Thousands were
killed, mutilated and raped in the war, which ended in Year 2002.
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