Trial Monitoring

Special Court for Sierra Leone, RUF Trial, Update 73

March 17, 2006
Author(s)
Kirsten Seffer
Special Court for Sierra Leone, RUF Trial, Update 73
Publication Documents
Case or Series

RUF Trial

Case or Series

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Country

Sierra Leone

Language

English

The week began with the cross-examination of witness TF1-108. The witness had previously testified in closed session for security reasons, but the last part of the cross-examination was conducted in public. The next witness called was TF1-330, whose entire testimony was also heard in closed session. As a result, the public was excluded from Tuesday morning until Friday afternoon. Thereafter, the trial week ended with the testimonies of three witnesses from the Bombali District, all of whom are either victims who were allegedly mutilated or burned by the RUF or witnessed the killings of friends and family members. The third witness, TF1-028, will continue to testify next week.