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Former Liberian President, Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK. Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed the information.
According to BBC, Wright made the announcement in a written statement to Parliament, saying it followed a request from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL).
"Taylor will now be transferred to a prison in the UK to serve that sentence," he said, adding that international justice was central to British foreign policy.
"The United Kingdom's offer to enforce any sentence imposed on former President Taylor by the SCSL was crucial to ensuring that he could be transferred to The Hague to stand trial for his crimes".
The SCSL found Taylor, 65, guilty of 11 crimes including terrorism, rape, murder and the use of child soldiers by rebel groups in neighboring Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 conflict in which some 50,000 people died.
He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war.
