War Crime Tribunal for Charles Taylor of Liberia, Crimes against Humanity.

Once he was a president now is a Criminal !

Excerpt from CNN

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN) — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor appeared in court Monday at the resumption of his war crimes trial, six months after boycotting the opening session and calling the trial a “charade.”

He did not speak.

The first witness Monday was Canadian author Ian Smillie, who is considered an expert in the trade of blood diamonds, so called because funds from their sale fuel African rebel groups. He was testifying for the prosecution, explaining how the trade in ‘blood diamonds’ exacerbated the conflict.

Taylor, who was president of Liberia from 1997 to 2003, is charged with five counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, sexual slavery and violence, and enslavement. He also faces five counts of war crimes, including acts of terrorism and torture, and one count of other serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Taylor is accused of fueling a bloody civil war in Sierra Leone that led to widespread murder, rape, and mutilation. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The war, which involved riches from the diamond trade, was fought largely by teenagers who were forced to kill, given addictive drugs to provoke violent behavior, and often instructed to rape and plunder.

read the full text at CNN International

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/07/taylor.trial/index.html

AUNG SAN SU KYI UNWELL. Overseas Group accused she was poisoned!

Updated 9/01/2008

The news, accusing that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been poisoned through the water she drinks, has been circulating in this blogosphere for few days. However, this type of news are very difficult to be independently confirmed.

After watching at Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, what this blogger can safely say is “She is at Risk”.

Sit Mone

The Following is the old post, posted on 7.11.2007

Burma’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was visited twice by a doctor at the weekend in an unusual break from the regime-ordained routine, which allows her only two medical calls a month.

According to Irrawady news,Nyan Win, spokesman of her National League for Democracy, said it wasn’t known why Suu Kyi needed medical treatment, but he had been told she was now better.

“Her heath is important not only for herself but also for the country,” he said.

However, a group of Monks studying in Sri Lanka issued a statement that Daw Aug Su Kyi has been given poison by the Junta, that makes her ill.

The blogger can not confirm that accusations. But recently Russian spies successfully assasinated a vocal critic in UK by giving radioactive substance. Also one of the liberated, Ex USSR empire PMs, was given same kind of poison. However he survived. Burmese Junta might have some good formula from their counterpart in Russia.

Latest update of Aung San Su Kyi’s health interview with DVB ( in Burmese)

http://burmese.dvb.no/news.php?id=2756