Trial Monitoring
Special Court for Sierra Leone, CDF Trial, Update 1
June 23, 2004
Publication Documents
Case or Series
CDF Trial
Case or Series
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Country
Sierra Leone
Language
English
After getting off to a slow beginning, the Special Court's first trial finally got off to a full start last week, with the defense delivering its opening statement and the prosecution calling its first witnesses in the case against the three key leaders of the Civilian Defence Forces (CDF). The three individuals on trial for this case are Samuel Hinga Norman (former National Coordinator of the CDF, as well as former Deputy Minister of Defence for Sierra Leone and former Minister of the Interior), Moinina Fofana (former National Director of War of the CDF), and Allieu Kondewa (former High Priest of the CDF).