Suriname's Bouterse sentenced in murders of 15 political opponents
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.
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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.
Paramaribo: Suriname s highest court on Wednesday upheld a 20 year prison sentence for ex president Desi Bouterse, who lost an appeal against his conv...
Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse, 78, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1982 murders of 15 political opponents.The notorious "December murders" were prosecuted over the course of a 16-year criminal case."We have received a gem of a verdict," Hugo Essed, a lawyer for the victims’ relatives, said of the case, before
PARAMARIBO (AP): Suriname’s former dictator Desi Bouterse was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison for the murders of 15 opponents of the then-military regime in December 1982, ending a historic 16-year legal process. Bouterse, 78, was...
An ex-elected president (and dictator?) of the former Dutch colony of Suriname, Desi Bouterse has been confirmed he must spend twenty years in prison for the execution of fifteen political opponents in December 1982, according to the ruling of a three-judge appeal panel.