(CNN) -- Three former guerrilla leaders -- who helped command what one activist called "one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days" -- were sentenced Wednesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for crimes against humanity. Amputee victims of Sierra Leone's civil war take part in football training at a beach in Freetown. The U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found the men guilty in February of crimes that included murder, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages stemming from a civil war that lasted from March 1991 to January 2002. They were arrested in March 2003, said Peter Anderson, spokesman for the U.N. court.
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Three rebels in Sierra Leone sentenced for crimes against humanity
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U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found the men guilty in February
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Men convicted of crimes such as murder, rape, sexual slavery, forced marriages
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Charges stem from civil war that lasted from March 1991 to January 2002
Special Court for Sierra Leone
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