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Netherlands receives request to host Taylor war crimes trial
2006-03-31
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has formally asked the Netherlands to host the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, the ministry of foreign affairs said here Thursday. "Wednesday the Sierra Leone special court asked the Dutch government to agree to allow the physical judicial process to take place in the Netherlands but it would remain the Sierra Leone tribunal," foreign ministry spokesman Dirk-Jan Vermeij said. The UN-backed court in Freetown told the Dutch authorities that Taylor's "physical presence there could endanger the stability of the region".
Posted by:Fred

#6  Which one has a death penalty? I mean, an official one that doesn't involve "heart medicine."
Posted by: Secret Master   2006-03-31 19:50  

#5  Sierra Leone or the Netherlands?
You have to ask?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-03-31 15:35  

#4  Yes, but the restaurants are much better in Brussels, and the Dutch are averse to taking payment on credit cards. (We ran out of cash in Amsterdam on a Sunday afternoon once. All the ATMs were turned off, too. It was a hungry afternoon. Of course, that was 1995, so perhaps things have changed for the better.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-03-31 15:28  

#3  He's not muslim so its probably safe enough for them.
Posted by: DoDo   2006-03-31 11:52  

#2  Close to Brussels but with better prosittutes in Amsterdam. It was the reporters first choice.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-03-31 08:06  

#1  Why the Netherlands?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-03-31 07:20  

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