Ex-dictator Desi Bouterse of Suriname sentenced in murders of 15 political opponents
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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.
"We have received a gem of a verdict," said Hugo Essed, lawyer for the victims’ relatives, adding that he can now "proudly" say there is an independent constitutional state in Suriname.
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