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- African war crimes court would also consider trying alleged Russian…
- SIERRA LEONE: “If you are really sick you either die or go to…
- Sierra Leone: Publisher Briefly Detained, Accused of Ridiculing…
- Deep thinkers blog on political theory
- Blind Broadcaster James Taiwo Cullen Lambasts Sycophants in Sierra…

African war crimes court would also consider trying alleged Russian…
International Herald Tribune – Mar 7, 2008
When we deal with these crimes against humanity, these atrocities against civilians, obviously there are rebel forces, political leaders that are responsible and those are the people we are currently prosecuting,” Stephen Rapp, chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, said Friday. “But individuals like Viktor Bout are also responsible and it's important that they also face justice. It is frankly a question I often get in outreach around Sierra Leone: 'Why aren't you prosecuting the Viktor Bouts of the world?'” Rapp said he would have a good case against Bout for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sierra Leone, based upon him having made arms shipments on behalf of Charles Taylor and for the brutal Revolutionary United Front. He said weapons were delivered into the war zone “at the time they were conducting operations with names like 'No living thing,' and being paid for those shipments with diamonds dug by slave labor. travel ban imposed on Bout said he supported Taylor's regime in efforts to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds, which became known as “blood diamonds” for the warring they inspired.

SIERRA LEONE: “If you are really sick you either die or go to…
Reuters AlertNet – Mar 7, 2008
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Sierra Leone: Publisher Briefly Detained, Accused of Ridiculing…
AllAfrica.com – Mar 7, 2008
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s correspondent reported that Blyden was arrested during midday, following an order by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice on March 4. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); She was detained for several hours before being released later the same day. Following her arrest, journalists and sympathizers of the publisher thronged the police station wielding placards calling for respect for press freedom as well Blyden’s immediate release. In its February 29 edition, The Awareness Times caricatured President Koroma’s photograph with horns.

Deep thinkers blog on political theory
San Francisco Chronicle – Mar 7, 2008
As the post-talk cocktail party was ending, I asked Puryear whether his work had ever been shown in Africa. Never, he said, adding that the size of many of the pieces makes them hard to transport. It would be interesting, he said, to bring work inspired by Sierra Leone to Sierra Leone, but “the part of Africa that I was in was devastated. ” The work is smooth, silhouettes of individual pieces precise, planned for; suddenly, ragged images of mayhem arose in my mind. And then the artist and the trustees and the sponsors and all the gleaming guests were ushered into the glittering atrium for dinner. — Marcia Brandwynne, who anchored at various stations here in days of yore before moving to Los Angeles, will interview Barbara Walters for City Arts & Lectures on May 15. — Jessica Simpson had dim sum with her family at SINO restaurant in San Jose’s Santana Row, and then returned later that day for cocktails with her boyfriend, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.

Blind Broadcaster James Taiwo Cullen Lambasts Sycophants in Sierra…
Awareness Times – Mar 7, 2008
2 Radio Station lambasting sycophants who wished to protect their own welfare and closeness to the powers that be, all at the detriment to the nation. The visibly impaired Cullen is one of Sierra Leone’s most ascerbic critics and in the last Government headed by President Kabbah, James Cullen’s programmes were a must for many Freetown residents. However, unlike other formerly bitter critics of Government mismanagement, authoritarianism and corruption, who have now transformed themselves into sycophantic praise-singers of the new Government, Cullen is sticking to his critical social commentating style over the air waves. In yesterday’s programme, Cullen mocked the Police, Attorney General and President’s Office for machinating the invitation by the Police of our Publisher Dr. James Cullen advised President Ernest Koroma to encourage all criticisms regardless of how fierce they were.