Hurrarc NGO Sierra Leone » Special Court for Sierra Leone http://www.hurrarc.org Human Rights Respect Awareness Raising Campaigners Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:22:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted leaders of the Revolutionary United Front http://www.hurrarc.org/2009/02/special-court-for-sierra-leone-convicted-leaders-of-the-revolutionary-united-front/ http://www.hurrarc.org/2009/02/special-court-for-sierra-leone-convicted-leaders-of-the-revolutionary-united-front/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:08:16 +0000 Hurrarc http://www.hurrarc.org/?p=352

FREETOWN, 26 February 2009 (IRIN NEWS)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone on 25 February convicted three former leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), marking the first time a court has convicted on the charge of “forced marriage”. It also set a precedent by charging all three under war crimes for targeting humanitarian and peacekeepers in direct attacks

After a four-year trial, the tribunal found former RUF interim leader Issa Hassan Sesay and RUF commander Morris Kallon guilty on 16 of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and former RUF chief of security Augustine Gbao on 14 counts. All three men were convicted of forcing marriage on women.

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