Taylor seeks transfer to Rwandan jail
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said his imprisonment in the UK breaches his human rights and he has applied to serve the rest of his jail term for war crimes in Rwanda.
A report on the newvsion.co.ug site notes that Taylor was jailed for 50 years in 2012 on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity over acts committed by Sierra Leonean rebels he aided and abetted during the 1991-2001 civil war. His lawyer John Jones said his client has applied for the revocation of the sentence to be served in the UK so that he can serve his sentence in Rwanda where all the other prisoners convicted by the special court for Sierra Leone are. 'The UK has a duty to ensure family life, not just for him but for his family. It's a clear duty under international law and English domestic law,' Jones added, according to the report. Full report on the newvision.co.ug site