Liberia's Taylor Seeks Transfer to Rwandan Prison

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to be moved out of a jail in Britain where he is serving a 50-year sentence for war crimes.   Lawyers for Taylor say he has appealed to be transferred to Rwanda because his imprisonment in Britain unlawfully prevents him from receiving visits from his family in Africa. Taylor is appealing to the U.N.-backed tribunal in The Hague. In 2012, the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone found Taylor guilty of war crimes and...

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