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| The Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown. Photo credit: SCSL |
The United Nations-backed court in charge of trying war crimes in Sierra Leone has according to the new report of the UN today sentenced
three senior members of the country’s former Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council to jail terms ranging from 18 months to two years for contempt
in tampering with a former prosecution witness.
According to the UN news center 2012), two of them are already serving long prison terms for war crimes and
crimes against humanity committed in the civil wars which as we all know has plagued the
West African country, starting in 1996, while a fourth person convicted
last month with the other three received a suspended sentence.
Sure the local population and other humanitarian activists are pleased with this outcome but there is still a long way to go in bring others to justice not only in Sierra Leone but in other counties as well.
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