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Bosnian Serbs convicted of overseeing persecution, murder of non-Serbs in Bosnian war
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has convicted two senior Bosnian Serbs of playing important roles in a campaign of murder, torture and persecution targeting Muslims and Croats during the 1992-95 Bosnian war and sentenced them both to 22 years imprisonment.
Mico Stanisic was interior minister in the breakaway Bosnian Serb republic set up during his country’s bitter war, while Stojan Zupljanin was a senior security official in charge of police.
Presiding Judge Burton Hall said Wednesday both men were in a position to prevent or punish crimes and did neither.
Prosecutors charged them both with involvement in a criminal conspiracy led by Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic and his military chief, Gen. Ratko Mladic, to force Muslims and Croats out of what they considered to be Serb territory in Bosnia.
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