Sierra Leone RUF rebels sentenced 

  
The RUF trio committed atrocities during the  1991-2001 civil war

An international tribunal has jailed three former Sierra  Leone rebel leaders 
for a total of more than 100 years.  
All three were senior leaders in the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)  and 
were convicted of overseeing atrocities during Sierra Leone's civil  war.  
Issa Sesay was sentenced to 52 years, Morris Kallon to 29 years and  
Augustine Gbao to 25 years.  
They were found guilty in February of war crimes and crimes against  humanity 
committed in the 1991-2001 conflict.  
Tactics favoured by the rebels included amputating hands and arms or  carving 
the initials RUF into the bodies of their victims.  
It is the last case to be held in the capital, Freetown, at the  UN-backed 
Special Court for Sierra Leone.  
The RUF trial began in mid-2004 and the court heard how the rebel  leaders 
were involved in the rape, mutilation and killings of civilians.   
The RUF was notorious for using the so-called Small Boys Units - child  
soldiers forcibly recruited and issued with AK-47 assault rifles - who had  a 
reputation for particular cruelty among the civilian population.  
By the time the conflict ended, some 120,000 people had been killed  while 
tens of thousands were left mutilated, their arms, legs, noses or  ears cut off. 
 
Thirteen people were originally indicted by the tribunal, but RUF rebel  
leader Foday Sankoh and his deputy commander Sam Bockarie died before  coming to 
trial. 
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