During his phase as the country's dictator from 1980-87, he was accused of murdering five journalists. They were executed in 1982 along with 10 other pro-democracy activists. No independent media was permitted to operate under Bouterse in that period.
He was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison in the Netherlands in 1999 on a charge of drug trafficking. And he is still facing a 20-year prison term in Suriname if convicted of the 1982 massacre.
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