Etiket: Bouterses
Party at Bouterse’s house who does not report to prison
She is dressed in a purple shirt with a photo of her husband on it, when Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring walks through the iron gate of their villa on Leonsberg to a…
Bouterse’s conviction? ‘The most exciting is yet to come’
She received the news through her news service – and a lot of text messages. “Then I walked to my brother to give him a hearty one brasa [knuffel] to…
For Henri Behr, Bouterse’s prison sentence is a triumph for murdered brother: ‘Now work on civilized Suriname’
He survived bullets, intimidation and threats. But in the spirit of his murdered brother, Henri Behr (74) continued to fight for decades to restore the Surinamese rule of law. With…
Jerry happy with Bouterse’s conviction: ‘I have never forgotten the sadness’
The fact that Desi Bouterse was convicted more than forty years after the December murders is good news for Jerry Bergraaf from Tilburg: “I thought: they are going to cover…
With Bouterse’s conviction, the rule of law still prevails in Suriname after 41 years
“He took the lives of the victims. He has decided about life and death. He inflicted a lot of suffering.” With these stern words, Judge Dinesh Sewratan introduces the verdict,…
Lawyer for relatives of the December murders: ‘The Court must make a separate decision about Bouterse’s imprisonment’
The final verdict in the trial over the December murders will be pronounced in the hearing this Wednesday, from 1 p.m. Dutch time. Lawyer Hugo Essed will be in the…
Amsterdam ex-soldier during Bouterse’s reign is on trial: he told about murders
For the first time in the Netherlands, a suspect is on trial for war crimes in Suriname. Amsterdammer Abdoel L. murdered innocent civilians in 1987, including at least one child,…