Bram Behr
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Abraham Maurits "Bram" Behr (January 18, 1951 – December 8, 1982) was a Surinamese communist. He was best known as a propagandist and journalist. He published the pamphlet De Rode Surinamer and edited the weekly newspaper Mokro. He also founded (June 24, 1981) and led the Hoxhaist Communist Party of Suriname (CPS) in opposition to the military dictatorship of Dési Bouterse. Behr was assassinated along with 14 other prominent Bouterse opponents on December 8, 1982, an incident known as the Decembermoorden.
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[edit] References
- Dew, Edward M. The Trouble in Suriname, 1975-1993. Westport: Praeger, 1994.
- (Dutch) De Groene Amsterdammer (November 25, 2000)
- (Dutch) Anda Suriname profile
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. "Report on the Human Rights Situation in Suriname" (October 5, 1983)
