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Europe
Sweden OKs Law to Take Liberia's Taylor
2006-06-04
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish lawmakers have approved a law that makes it possible for the Scandinavian country to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if a U.N.-backed tribunal convicts him of war crimes, government officials said Thursday.
Could they approve a law to shoot him?
The decision by the Swedish Parliament could remove a major obstacle that has stalled the former African warlord's trial in Sierra Leone. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nina Ersman said Sweden had not yet officially decided whether it would accept a request to take in Taylor. Such a step would need final approval from the government.

The U.N.-backed court has asked the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court to host the trial, fearing Taylor's trial in Africa might revive regional instability. The Netherlands agreed to the request on condition that a third country agrees to jail Taylor if he is convicted.

Kerstin Olsson, a spokeswoman for Sweden's foreign minister, referred to Sweden's previous rejection of the request, but would not say whether the government would alter its stance because of Parliament's decision. "The government has said no," Olsson said. "No new decision has been taken since the law was approved."
Posted by:Steve White

#1  Sweden can make retroactive laws?
Remind me not to ever go there.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-06-04 11:44  

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