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Suriname: Former president Bouterse summoned to serve his prison sentence
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, whose conviction for involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago was upheld in December, has been ordered to jail to serve his sentence.
This was announced on Wednesday by the public prosecutor.
The former president and army leader had until Monday to request a pardon but did not do so. He is to appear at a jail in the country alongside four co-defendants on Friday.
In December, a three-judge panel affirmed the convictions of Bouterse and four others in the execution of 15 government critics, including lawyers, journalists, union leaders, soldiers and university professors in December 1982.
Bouterse was sentenced to 20 years in prison. -(CMC)