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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N.-backed court that would prosecute former Liberian President Charles Taylor has run into trouble trying to persuade any government to either imprison him or give him asylum once the trial ends, diplomats said Tuesday.
The diplomats said the main concern was deciding where to send Taylor if he is acquitted on 11 counts alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war. Sweden is the likely candidate to imprison him if he's found guilty, but is otherwise reluctant, they said.
The issue of where to send Taylor has become a pressing one because the U.N. Security Council agreed not to pass a resolution transferring his trial to The Hague, Netherlands until a deal is arranged.
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