UK, after losing a request to be transferred to
Rwanda.
Taylor had argued that he was being denied his
rights to a family life, because his wife and
children had not been granted UK visas. But
judges rejected this argument, saying they had
not properly applied.
Taylor argued he was being held "effectively in
isolation" because he was "too much of a target
and too vulnerable" to be kept with other inmates
of the Frankland prison in the northern English
city of Durham. Stating he wants to be on the
African continent, where people would share a
"cultural affinity" with him, BBC says.
The court however turned all his appeals down
stressing that prisoners did not have the right to
choose their place of incarceration. Judges also
told his lawyers to ask his family to re-apply for
UK Visas.
It will be recalled that a UN-backed court
convicted him of war crimes over his support for
rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone
years ago.
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