Former Surinam dictator Desi Bouterse (R) speaks 26 November 2007 during a meeting of his National Democratic Party (NDP) in Paramaribo. Bouterse and 24 others will stand trial in court martial 30 November 2007 for the 1982 killings of 15 political rivals. Bouterse, who ruled the former Dutch colony in the 1980s, is the main suspect in the shootings of the 15 lawyers, journalists and army men, all government critics who were rounded up, tortured and shot 08 December 1982.  AFP PHOTO / ED OUDENAARDEN    - netherlands out - belgium out - (Photo credit should read ED OUDENAARDEN/AFP via Getty Images)