Kamara was born in the neighborhood of Wilberforce, in the west end of Freetown.[1] In 1998, Kamara was invited by Johnny Paul Koroma to join the AFRC Supreme Council.[1] In this capacity, Kamara was a commander of the AFRC and Revolutionary United Front forces that attacked civilians in the north, east, and centre of Sierra Leone in 1998 and in Freetown in January 1999.[1]
Kamara was indicted on 7 March 2003, was arrested on 29 May 2003, and his trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone began on 7 March 2005.[2] He was tried with Alex Tamba Brima and Santigie Borbor Kanu. Kamara was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes on 20 June 2007, including counts of murder, rape, forced labour, and the use of child soldiers.[2][3] He and his codefendants' convictions were the first convictions for the Special Court for Sierra Leone and were also the first time anyone had been convicted of the international crime of using child soldiers.[3] On 19 July 2007, Kamara was sentenced to 45 years' imprisonment.[2][4] He is serving his sentence in Mpanga Prison in Rwanda.[5][6]
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^ abcTrial Watch: Brima Bazzy Kamara, Facts 16 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
^ abcTrial Watch: Brima Bazzy Kamara, Legal Procedures 12 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
^ ab"First S Leone war crimes verdicts", BBC News, 20 June 2007.
^"First S Leone war crime sentences", BBC News, 19 July 2007.
^"The Prosecutor vs. Alex Tamba Brima, Ibrahim Bazzy Kamara and Santigie Borbor" 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, rscsl.org.
^"Sierra Leone court sends convicts to Rwandan prison", Reuters, 31 October 2009.
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