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.
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.
The former President of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment at final instance for the 1982 "December murders" of 15 political opponents.
Suriname's highest court on Wednesday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for ex-president Desi Bouterse, who lost an appeal against his conviction for the 1982 killings of political opponents.In 1999, a court in the Netherlands, Suriname's former colonial ruler, sentenced Bouterse to 11 years in prison in absentia for cocaine smuggling, another charge he denies.
Suriname s highest court on Wednesday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for ex-president Desi Bouterse, who lost an appeal against his conviction for the 1982 killings of political opponents.