Fort Zeelandia Paramaribo

... was also responsible in 1982 for the execution of 15 men who were in opposition to him. These are the last executions in Fort Zeelandia. This event is always front and center during an election when Bourtese's opponents call him a murder. When I ask my ...

... union leaders, journalists and a number of intellectuals voiced their criticism; fifteen opponents of the coup were killed in Fort Zeelandia in December 1982. The outrage in the country and abroad was un precedented. Foreign aid was suspended and the ...