Desi Bouterse has been seen in her own country until at least January 9. According to Star News the legal team of the wanted former president of Suriname was at Bouterse’s home that day. Times of Suriname previously wrote that Bouterse left the country in mid-December. The newspaper reported on Saturday that the former president … Read more
ANP NOS News•today, 12:54•Changed today, 2:19 PM Desi Bouterse did not show up at the prison in Paramaribo when he was supposed to report. A few minutes earlier, his wife, Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring, had told NOS correspondent Nina Jurna that he will not report either. The Surinamese former army leader and former president had to report … Read more
ANPBouterse during a meeting of his party, the NDP, on December 16 NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 22:37 The Surinamese Public Prosecution Service has rejected a petition from Desi Bouterse’s lawyers. The legal team had asked to stop the execution of the verdict in the December murder trial against the former president and four co-convicts. The Public Prosecution … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 8:04 PM Update: 22 minutes ago A new legal team asked the Surinamese Public Prosecution Service (OM) on Monday to postpone the sentence against Desi Bouterse and four co-convicts. The five ex-soldiers heard a twenty-year prison sentence for their role in the December murders. The five lawyers say that they are … Read more
After his conviction, Desi Bouterse consults with the Surinamese government about a “soft landing”. Bouterse said this on Thursday to a Surinamese radio station. Last week, Bouterse was sentenced by the Supreme Court to a prison sentence of twenty years. Bouterse is still at large after the conviction. According to Bouterse, the Surinamese government has … Read more
ANPDesi Bouterse at the courthouse in July NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 03:02 Desi Bouterse will hear on December 20 whether he will be convicted for the December murders. The Court of Justice in Suriname will then rule on appeal, it has been announced. The Surinamese former army leader, ex-president and current opposition leader was previously sentenced to … Read more
AFPBouterse today after the closing argument in the court case NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 22:13 Surinamese former president Desi Bouterse has spoken at the closing argument in the trial of the December murders and said that he is ready for the verdict, whatever that may be. “I’m ready for it.“ Because of his involvement in the murder … Read more