Sesay is known as the commander who ordered the disarmament of the RUF, effectively ending the Sierra Leone Civil War.[1]
On 7 March 2003 he was indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for crimes against humanity and other war crimes, including terrorizing civilians, collective punishments, unlawful killings, crimes against humanity, sexual violence, physical violence, use of child soldiers, abductions and forced labor, looting and burning, and attacks on UNAMSIL personnel. He pleaded not guilty at his initial court appearance. On 25 February 2009 Sesay was convicted for 16 out of the 18 charges he faced at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown.[2] Along with former leaders Morris Kallon, who received 40 years, and Augustine Gbao, who received 25, Sesay was sentenced to concurrent terms on the charges, the longest being a 52-year sentence.
An award-winning documentary by Rebecca Richman Cohen released in 2010 titled War Don Don follows the rise and fall of the rebel leader.[3][4]
Referencesedit
^"Rebels disarm in Sierra Leone". BBC News. 2 August 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^"S Leone trio guilty of war crimes". BBC News. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
issa, sesay, issa, hassan, sesay, born, june, 1970, served, senior, military, officer, commander, revolutionary, united, front, afrc, forces, their, insurrection, against, government, sierra, leone, said, subordinate, only, bockarie, battlefield, commander, jo. Issa Hassan Sesay born June 27 1970 served as senior military officer and commander in the Revolutionary United Front and AFRC RUF forces in their insurrection against the government of Sierra Leone He was said to be subordinate only to Sam Bockarie the Battlefield Commander and Johnny Paul Koroma leader of the AFRC Issa SesayBorn 1970 06 27 June 27 1970 age 53 Freetown Sierra LeonePolitical partyRevolutionary United Front AFRC RUFConviction s Crime against humanity terrorizing civilians collective punishments unlawful killings sexual violence physical violence use of child soldiers abductions and forced laborCriminal penalty52 years imprisonment Sesay is known as the commander who ordered the disarmament of the RUF effectively ending the Sierra Leone Civil War 1 On 7 March 2003 he was indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for crimes against humanity and other war crimes including terrorizing civilians collective punishments unlawful killings crimes against humanity sexual violence physical violence use of child soldiers abductions and forced labor looting and burning and attacks on UNAMSIL personnel He pleaded not guilty at his initial court appearance On 25 February 2009 Sesay was convicted for 16 out of the 18 charges he faced at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown 2 Along with former leaders Morris Kallon who received 40 years and Augustine Gbao who received 25 Sesay was sentenced to concurrent terms on the charges the longest being a 52 year sentence An award winning documentary by Rebecca Richman Cohen released in 2010 titled War Don Don follows the rise and fall of the rebel leader 3 4 References edit Rebels disarm in Sierra Leone BBC News 2 August 2001 Retrieved 23 September 2013 S Leone trio guilty of war crimes BBC News 25 February 2009 Retrieved 25 February 2009 War Don Don 2010 IMDb IMDb Home wardondonfilm com External links editIndictment before the Special Court for Sierra Leone Issa Sesay on Trial Watch weekly monitoring program War Crimes Studies Center UC Berkeley Issa Sesay War Don Don at IMDb nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the Sierra Leonean military is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Issa Sesay amp oldid 1150922462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
