The National Assembly has voted in favour of an amendment to Suriname’s 1992 amnesty law. This may stop the trial of the current president, who has been charged with extrajudicial executions carried out in December 1982.

The Surinamese Parliament will shortly vote on an amendment to the country’s 1992 amnesty law. If passed, it will halt a current trial into the killing of 15 people in December 1982, allegedly perpetrated by, amongst others, the current President Dési Bouterse.