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Former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, 78, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the Dec. 1982 killings of 15 opponents of his then-incumbent regime.
Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse was set to head behind bars for the 1982 killings of political opponents
Suriname's ex-president Desi Bouterse will be jailed after losing his appeal against a 20-year prison sentence for the murder of political opponents over four decades ago, the prosecutor's office said Thursday.
On what should be the final decision on the fate of former South American dictator Desi Bouterse, who used to rule Suriname with an iron fist, a court upheld his 20-year prison sentence.
The former president remains chair of the National Democratic Party and some fear unrest in parts of the country