Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing
Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing | |
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forced transfer | |
Deaths | ~126 civilians |
Perpetrators | Bosnian Serb forces, JNA, Special Operations Unit |
Motive | Greater Serbia |
The Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing refers to
Out of over 17,000
Description
Prior to the start of the Bosnian War, incidents of shootings, grenade explosions, sabotage and violence escalated in Bosanski Šamac. In Autumn 1991 and March 1992, in the context of the Croatian War of Independence, Croatian paramilitary attacked Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) barracks around Bosanski Šamac.[5] In March 1992, several Serbs were sent to Ilok, Croatia, to train in a military camp run by Serbia.[6]
On 17 April 1992, Serb paramilitary attacked Bosanski Šamac and took control of it without any significant resistance.
Numerous non-Serb men aged between 18 and 60 were rounded up and summarily executed by local Serb forces and paramilitary forces from Serbia.[17] At least 16 civilians were killed when 50 prisoners were rounded up in an internment camp by the Grey Wolves paramilitary group led by Slobodan Miljković.[18]
Legal prosecution
The UN-backed
Stevan Todorović pleaded guilty for persecutions and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[22] Milan Simić also pleaded guilty, for torture as a crime against humanity, and was sentenced to five years in prison.[23] Stojan Župljanin and Mićo Stanišić were sentenced to 22 years in prison, including for crimes of persecution, torture, unlawful detention, forcible transfer and deportation, and wanton destruction of towns and villages.[24]
In 2021, the follow-up
References
- ^ Ian Black (1 August 2001). "Police chief admits Bosnian atrocities". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Ivan Tučić (February 2013). "Pojedinačan popis broja ratnih žrtava u svim općinama BiH". Prometej.ba. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 61
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 86
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 63
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 69
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 126
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 121
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 141
- ^ Hunt 2011, p. 123.
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 182
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 186
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 216
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 233
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 245
- ^ Prosecutor v. Simić – Judgement, 17 October 2003, p. 269
- ^ "War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina: Bosanski Samac – Six War Criminals Named by Victims of "Ethnic Cleansing"". Human Rights Watch. April 1994.
- Time magazine. Archived from the originalon 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Three officials in former Yugoslavia sentenced by UN tribunal to 6-17 years". UN News. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Simić et al. - Case information sheet" (PDF). The Hague: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. 2007.
- AP News.
- ^ Sammy Westfall (1 August 2001). "Bosnian Serb gets 10-year jail sentence at war crimes tribunal". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "UN tribunal issues five-year prison sentence to former Bosnian Serb official". UN News. 18 October 2002.
- ^ "Former high-ranking Bosnian Serbs receive sentences for war crimes from UN tribunal". UN News. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Julian Borger (30 June 2021). "Serbian secret police chiefs sentenced to 12 years over Bosnian war atrocities". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Sammy Westfall (30 June 2021). "U.N. war crimes tribunal convicts two former Serbian officials over crimes in Bosnia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered". UN News. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
Sources
- "Prosecutor vs. Blagoje Simić, Miroslav Tadić & Simo Zarić – Judgement" (PDF). The Hague: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. 17 October 2003.
- ISBN 9780822349754.