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Charles Taylor Drags Liberian Government To Court For Not Receiving Pensions Since 2003

Charles Taylor Drags Liberian Government To Court For Not Receiving Pensions Since 2003 (Updated: Thursday, 28th October 2021, 07:33 AM)


Ex-Liberian President, Charles Taylor, has dragged his country’s government to court over its ‘refusal’ to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement.

Taylor sparked a 13-year civil war in Liberia when he led a rebellion in 1989 to oust President Samuel Doe, which deteriorated into one of Africa’s bloodiest conflicts.

He is currently serving a 50-year sentence in a UK prison after being convicted in 2012 by a court in The Hague of fuelling civil conflict in Sierra Leone.

The court of the West Africa bloc ECOWAS said Taylor had filed a lawsuit alleging his right to property had been violated by Liberia’s refusal to pay his pension and retirement benefits since 2003.

“The former President said the action of the government constitutes a violation of his human rights, particularly the right to freedom from discrimination, equal protection of the law, right to dignity, fair hearing and property,” it said.

The court said no date has been fixed for the hearing for Taylor, who was Liberia’s president from 1997 to 2003.

Taylor was the first ex-head of state to be jailed by an international court since the Nazi trials at Nuremberg in Germany after World War II.

He was convicted on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity over acts committed by Sierra Leone rebels he aided during the war.

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