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Sierra Leonean Justice minister visits jailed war criminals in Rwanda |
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Sierra Leone's deputy Justice minister Bockari Arrow John on Sunday visited eight countrymen jailed in Rwanda since November 2009, an official source disclosed.
The eight Sierra Leone nationals were sentenced by the Special Tribunal on Sierra Leone (SCSL) for war crimes and transferred to Rwanda where they are serving their jail terms.
According to the Rwandan government, the Sierra Leonean official expressed satisfaction that detention conditions where the prisoners are being held met international standards. "The Rwandan jail accommodating the Sierra Leonean detainees is of international standards," the Rwandan government news release quoted the Sierra Leonean minister as saying.
The eight former rebels, sentenced by the SCSL for atrocities perpetrated during the civil war in Sierra Leone, are principally three officials of the United Revolutionary Front (URF), three others of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and two officials of the Civil Defense Forces (CDF).
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