Wikileaks cables admitted in Charles Taylor trial

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Source: AFP

THE HAGUE — The court trying Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor for war crimes admitted into evidence Thursday two leaked US government cables he claims prove that his trial is political.

The Special Court for Sierra Leone granted the warlord's application for permission to reopen his case to admit the documents obtained by Wikileaks and published in the Guardian newspaper in December.

"Trial Chamber II ... grants leave to the defence to reopen its case for the limited purpose of admitting the following documents into evidence", a court decision said, listing two US government cables dated March 10 and April 15.

Taylor's trial on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity started in earnest in The Hague in January 2008.



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