The accused

The main point of the United Nations-backed Special Court was to try 'those with the greatest responsibility' for the ten-year war that left 50,000 people dead and half a million displaced. There are to be separate trials for the three parties to the conflict: three defendants from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), three from the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), three from the Civilian Defence Forces.

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Sam Hinga Norman, Moinina Fofana, Allieu Kondewa, Revolutionary United Front, Sam Bockarie, Liberia, Charles Taylor, Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon, Augustine Gbao, Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Alex Tamba Brima, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Brima Bazzy Kamara, Johnny Paul Koroma

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