Chuck Taylor goes missing
Darn it! A week after Liberia asked for him to be handed over a tribunal in Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor goes missing in Nigeria. Who didn’t see this coming? In a press release last week, Human Rights Watch certainly did: “…credible sources in the past week have told Human Rights Watch that little or no ...
Darn it! A week after Liberia asked for him to be handed over a tribunal in Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor goes missing in Nigeria. Who didn’t see this coming? In a press release last week, Human Rights Watch certainly did: “…credible sources in the past week have told Human Rights Watch that little or no security exists around Taylor’s compound in Calabar, Nigeria, prompting fears that he might escape before he can be brought to justice.”
Nigerian security guards assigned to Taylor have reportedly been arrested, but there’s no word on whether they’re actually looking for him.
There’s really no doubt that this is Nigeria’s fault — either negligence, incompetence, or complicity.
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