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Lawyers react as Suriname court upholds 20-year sentence for ex-president in murder trial / 348L32T
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"It took a long time, but I can proudly say that we have an independent judiciary," says Hugo Essed, a lawyer for victims of Suriname's ex-president Desi Bouterse, who lost an appeal against his conviction for the 1982 killings of political opponents and will have to serve a 20-year prison sentence. "I wasn't surprised," adds Bouterse's lawyer Irvin Kanhai outside the courthouse in Paramaribo. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES