Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor

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The Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor was the internationally controversial and authoritarian regime led by President Charles Taylor from 1997 to 2003, marked by widespread human rights abuses, corruption, and involvement in regional conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government ⓘ
political regime ⓘ
accusedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
extrajudicial killings ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
illicit diamond trading ⓘ
looting of state resources ⓘ
torture ⓘ
use of child soldiers ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
alliedWith National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough 1997 Liberian general election ⓘ
capital Monrovia ⓘ
characterizedBy corruption ⓘ
patronage networks ⓘ
weak rule of law ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
criticizedBy Amnesty International ⓘ
Human Rights Watch ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ
endedWith resignation of Charles Taylor ⓘ
endTime 2003 ⓘ
experienced economic decline ⓘ
mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
widespread poverty ⓘ
faced international sanctions ⓘ
headOfGovernment Charles Taylor ⓘ
headOfState Charles Taylor ⓘ
involvedIn First Liberian Civil War aftermath ⓘ
Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ
Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
judicialIndependence undermined ⓘ
opposedBy Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy ⓘ
Movement for Democracy in Liberia ⓘ
oversaw Liberian security forces ⓘ
politicalPartyOfLeader National Patriotic Party ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian regime ⓘ
pressFreedom severely restricted ⓘ
resignationDateOfLeader 2003 ⓘ
sanctionedBy European Union ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United States ⓘ
startTime 1997 ⓘ
succeededBy National Transitional Government of Liberia ⓘ
supported Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ
Revolutionary United Front ⓘ
used paramilitary groups ⓘ
usedResource conflict diamonds ⓘ

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Second Liberian Civil War → opponent → Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor ⓘ
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy → opposed → National Patriotic Party government of Charles Taylor ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor
1997 Liberian general election → ledTo → Presidency of Charles Taylor ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor
National Transitional Government of Liberia → replaced → Government of Charles Taylor ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor
National Transitional Government of Liberia → includedParty → Government of Liberia (Taylor administration representatives) ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor
LURD → opposed → Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor ⓘ
Guinean government (alleged support for LURD) → allegedOpposingParty → government of Charles Taylor in Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor
Guinean government (alleged support for LURD) → accusationsBy → Liberian government under Charles Taylor ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor
Movement for Democracy in Liberia → operatesDuring → Charles Taylor presidency in Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor