Brima Kamara
Brima Bazzy Kamara (born May 7, 1968 in Freetown ) is a former Sierra Leonean soldier in the Sierra Leone Army . He was a leading member of the rebel organization Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC; 1997-1998) in the civil war in Sierra Leone , which overthrew the elected government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in May 1997 under the leadership of Johnny Paul Koroma .
Kamara had been a member of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces since May 20, 1991 and reached the rank of staff sergeant until the coup on May 25, 1997 . Like Alex Brima and Santigie Kanu , he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity on June 20, 2006 by the Special Court for Sierra Leone . Kamara was sentenced to 45 years in prison in Mpanga Prison in Rwanda . In 2012, he was sentenced to an additional one year and 50 weeks in prison for disobeying the court.
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| SURNAME | Kamara, Brima |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kamara, Brima Bazzy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | sierra-leonian military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freetown , Sierra Leone |