Karadzic and Taylor trial parallels

On the first day of his trial, Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who stands accused of genocide against Bosnia’s Muslim population, refused to appear in court on Monday…

-New York Times, 10/29/09

The trial got off to a confusing start when Taylor refused to appear in court and fired his lawyer, Karim Khan.

-Trial of Charles Taylor blog, 6/4/07

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… Karadzic has insisted he needs more time to prepare his defence, during his first appearance at his war crimes trial.

-BBC, 11/3/09

The letter that was partially read out by Khan in court [said that] Taylor could not continue to participate in the trial until he had adequate facilities to prepare a defense to the case against him.

–Trial of Charles Taylor blog, 6/4/07

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Karadzic, who has submitted more than 250 motions to the court since he decided to represent himself…

-NPR, 10/27/09

When the Charles Taylor trial began last summer…Taylor… sought to represent himself at the trial’s first session.

-Trial of Charles Taylor blog, 2/6/08