Appeals against war crimes convictions for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have been rejected by a UN-backed special court in the Hague.
In May 2012, Taylor was sentenced to 50-years imprisonment for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war, becoming the first former head of state to be convicted by an international war crimes court since World War II.
Taylor’s lawyers argued that there were legal errors during his trial but the court ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt.
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