Augustine Gbao
Augustine Gbao | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 August 1948 |
| Political party | Revolutionary United Front |
Augustine Gbao (born 13 August 1948), also spelled as Augustine Bao, is a former paramilitary commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in the Sierra Leone Civil War. In February 2009, he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone and sentenced to 25 years in prison.[1][2] He was a senior commander in the RUF from 1991 until his capture in 2002.[3]
After serving time in Rwanda for war crimes since 2009, Gbao was returned to Blama on 23 December 2020 to serve the remainder of his 25-year sentence.[4]
References
- ^ S Leone trio guilty of war crimes BBC New, 25 February 2009
- ^ Appeals Chamber Upholds Sentences for Convicted Revolutionary United Front Leaders Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Sierra Express Media, October 26, 2009
- ^ Augustine Gbao Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at Trial-ch.org
- ^ "Sierra Leone ex-warlord on conditional release after jail in Rwanda". msn.com. AFP. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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