Canada spends millions on the court that’s prosecuting Charles Taylor-but doesn’t want to protect the man who risked his life to bring the tyrant to justice
From this week’s print magazine. The story, in a nutshell, is this:
Charles Taylor’s brother-in-law, Cindor Reeves, risked his life to help the Special Court for Sierra Leone build a case against Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president who controlled an army of murderous, drug-crazed child soldiers in next door Sierra Leone. Reeves is now a refugee claimant in Canada. Canada appears poised to kick him out.
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