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War crimes court hands down first sentences

(20 Jul 2007) 1. Alex Tamba Brima seated 2. Brima Bazzy Kamara seated 3. Santigie Borbor Kanu seated 4. Judge Julia Sebutinde delivering verdict 5. Wide shot of all defendants sitting with guards in court 6. Judge Julia Sebutinde delivering verdict 7. Alex Tamba Brima standing 8. Judge Julia Sebutinde delivering verdict 9. Brima Bazzy Kamara standing 10. Judge Julia Sebutinde delivering verdict 11. Santigie Borbor Kanu standing 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Habib Umaru Joel, Father in law of Brima Bazzy Kamara: "Are we not victims, are we not victims in this war, are we not victims?" 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Habib Umaru Joel, Father in law of Brima Bazzy Kamara: Reporter: " Do you think was the court justified to take this action?" "To them it's yes, to me its no." 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Habib Umaru Joel, Father in law of Brima Bazzy Kamara: "We were expecting, a very minimal sentence. Very minimal. I can not predict, but very minimal. So we were expecting." Reporter: "For instance what? What were you expecting for your family? "Some said ten, some said fifteen." 15.Kamara's mother knocking recorder out of reporters hand 16. Kamara's mother throwing bag at camera 17. Kamara's mother crying 18. Kamara's mother trying to knock down camera 19. Various of Kamara's extended family crying while leaving court compound STORYLINE: A United Nations-backed court sentenced three ex-rebel leaders to prison terms of about half a century each on Thursday, the first punishments handed down by the war crimes tribunal since it was set up five years ago after Sierra Leone's decade-long conflict ended. Judge Julia Sebutinde said the men committed "heinous, brutal, atrocious, crimes never recorded in the history of mankind." The three men were leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, a junta that overthrew an elected government in 1997 and was ousted by a Nigerian-led peacekeeping force the following year. Indicted in 2003, their joint trial began in Freetown two years later. Last month, they were convicted of 11 of 14 war crimes charges, including terrorism, enslavement, rape and murder. The ruling marked the first time an international court issued a conviction on the conscription of child soldiers, who in Sierra Leone were often drugged and forced into battle. Alex Tamba Brima, 35, and Santigie Borbor Kanu, 42, were each given 50-year jail terms, while 39-year-old Brima Bazzy Kamara received 45 years. All three have the right to appeal. If they lose, they will serve their sentences outside of Sierra Leone because of security concerns, mostly likely in Europe, said a spokesman for the court. Austria and Sweden have volunteered to take them as inmates and pay their expenses. During an hour and a half judgment, Sebutinde called them "zealous" participants in killings and mutilations. Announcing the unanimous verdict of the three judges, Sebutinde said none of the defendants had expressed genuine remorse. All three convicted men stood up as the sentences were read out, then bowed their heads. Some of their relatives and friends wept openly as they left the public gallery, which was crowded to capacity and protected by police and a tiny contingent of armed United Nations peacekeepers, Mongolian soldiers who comprise the last remnant of a once-giant and now-departed UN Force that helped end the nation's war. "We were expecting a very minimal sentence," Habib Umaru Joel, Father in law of Brima Bazzy Kamara, told AP Television. Human rights experts hoped the sentences would discourage people from committing atrocities. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...