Charles Taylor was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity today in connection with the Sierra Leone conflict.
He is the first former head-of-state since the Nuremberg Trials to be convicted by an international court.
Taylor is “guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, rape, slavery and the use of child soldiers. But the judges said the prosecution failed to prove that Mr. Taylor directly commanded the rebels responsible for the atrocities.”
A wonderful day for justice and human rights.
Culture Jam project for my Modern Culture and Media class.
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I only had a week to make this so it isn’t as clean as I would like it to be but I think it works. Let me know what you think!
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most of you will probably forget about Kony…cause some new fad will turn up. so hopefully some of you stick to your word and actually do something.
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It has been over 20 years, over 30,000 children affected and it is time for Joseph Kony to be found, arrested, and put on trial for his crimes. Kony and the LRA need to be stopped and children need their lives back.
Children are stolen from their beds at night. Girls are forced into sexual slavery and boys as young as 5 years old are forced to carry guns and be soldiers.
2012 is the year the Kony needs to be stopped.