The court-martial in Suriname will resume the trial on the December murders against Desi Bouterse next Friday. The former president was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison last November, but he has appealed.
The substantive handling of the appeal had not yet started. It was postponed a number of times, the last time in July because the courthouse turned out not to be corona proof.
The December murders trial is about the torture and murder in December 1982 of 15 political opponents by the then military regime. Bouterse was the leader of this.
Design and premeditation
The court-martial came to the conclusion last year, after a drawn-out process, that there had been intent and premeditation. The judges also considered it proven that Bouterse had been in charge.
Bouterse was still president when the court-martial ruled. In June, he lost the elections and then opposition leader Santokhi took his place.
A look back at the December murders and the trial:
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