BBC：超模坎贝尔将成为战争法庭证人
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超模娜奥米·坎贝尔确认她将以证人身份出席审判利比亚前总统查尔斯·泰勒的海牙战争法庭审判。泰勒被指控利用大量钻石在幕后操纵了塞拉利昂的大规模冲突，冲突造成数万人伤亡。检方传讯坎贝尔是因为有报告称其在1997年收受了泰勒的钻石。
Naomi Campbell to testify at Charles Taylor trial
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has confirmed she will give evidence at the war crimes trial of the former Liberia President Charles Taylor。
Mr Taylor is on trial at the UN-backed tribunal in The Hague accused of using diamonds to fuel a conflict in Sierra Leone that killed tens of thousands。
Prosecutors had summoned Ms Campbell to testify over reports that she received diamonds from Mr Taylor in 1997.
Ms Campbell is scheduled to appear on 29 July.Mandela reception
Ms Campbell's public relations company, Outside Organisation, announced late on Friday that she would attend。
A spokeswoman said: "She is a witness who has been asked to help clarify events in 1997. Miss Campbell has made it clear that she is willing to help the due process of law。
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"For avoidance of doubt, she is not being accused of any wrongdoing and is not on trial."
Prosecutors want to know whether Ms Campbell received diamonds from Mr Taylor at a reception hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1997.
A spokesman for the special court for Sierra Leone previously said Ms Campbell had denied receiving the gems and refused to talk to prosecutors。
In an interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Ms Campbell neither confirmed nor denied that she received gems, instead saying: "I don't want to be involved in this man's case. He has done some terrible things, and I don't want to put my family in danger."
US actress Mia Farrow, who Ms Campbell allegedly told about the gift, may also testify。
Mr Taylor has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges at the UN-backed tribunal。
It has spent more than two years hearing the case。
Mr Taylor, 62, is suspected of selling diamonds and buying weapons for Sierra Leone's RUF rebels, who were notorious for hacking off the hands and legs of civilians during the 1991-2001 civil war。
Tens of thousands of people died in the interlinked conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia。
(文章来源：BBC)