Tag: Bouterse convicted of murder

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 01:19 UTC

  Suriname president Bouterse convicted of murder for the execution of 15 opponents in 1982

  

  A court in Suriname on Friday convicted President Desi Bouterse of murder for the execution of 15 opponents in 1982 following a coup to seize power, sentencing the man who has dominated the former Dutch colony's recent history to 20 years in prison.