Bosnian Federation president pardons Orić

Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina President Živko Budimir pardoned Naser Orić, the former commander of the Muslim forces in Srebrenica.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 13.01.2012.

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Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina President Zivko Budimir pardoned Naser Oric, the former commander of the Muslim forces in Srebrenica. Oric was sentenced to fours years of probation for carrying illegal arms and ammunition. Bosnian Federation president pardons Oric Budimir, who heads the Muslim-Croat entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has thus enabled Oric to carry weapons without fear of ending up behind bars once again, since a repeated offense would have landed him in prison immediately under the conditional sentence. Along with Oric, Budimir pardoned several other convicts, including murderers, robbers and sex offenders, daily Press writes. Explaining his decision, Budimir said that all those pardoned were fully rehabilitated and "present no danger to society." The wartime Bosnian Muslim commander in the Srebrenica region, who was tried and acquitted before the Hague Tribunal for war crimes, was sentenced in June 2009 by the Sarajevo Municipal Court to two years in prison. A year later, the sentence was converted to four years of probation. At least 1,300 Serbs were killed during the war in the municipalities of Srebrenica, Zvornik, Milici, Bratunac, while 3,267 Serb civilians and soldiers were killed in the wider area of middle Podrinje and Birac. The Hague Tribunal sentenced Oric to two years in prison for failing to prevent crimes, but the judgment was overturned on appeal in 2008. The Hague Tribunal Appeals Chamber concluded that "it had no doubt that grave crimes were committed against Serbs detained in Srebrenica" but that "proof that crimes had occurred was not sufficient to sustain a conviction of an individual for these crimes." Naser Oric (FoNet, file) Tanjug

Bosnian Federation president pardons Orić

Budimir, who heads the Muslim-Croat entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has thus enabled Orić to carry weapons without fear of ending up behind bars once again, since a repeated offense would have landed him in prison immediately under the conditional sentence.

Along with Orić, Budimir pardoned several other convicts, including murderers, robbers and sex offenders, daily Press writes.

Explaining his decision, Budimir said that all those pardoned were fully rehabilitated and "present no danger to society."

The wartime Bosnian Muslim commander in the Srebrenica region, who was tried and acquitted before the Hague Tribunal for war crimes, was sentenced in June 2009 by the Sarajevo Municipal Court to two years in prison. A year later, the sentence was converted to four years of probation.

At least 1,300 Serbs were killed during the war in the municipalities of Srebrenica, Zvornik, Milići, Bratunac, while 3,267 Serb civilians and soldiers were killed in the wider area of middle Podrinje and Birač.

The Hague Tribunal sentenced Orić to two years in prison for failing to prevent crimes, but the judgment was overturned on appeal in 2008.

The Hague Tribunal Appeals Chamber concluded that "it had no doubt that grave crimes were committed against Serbs detained in Srebrenica" but that "proof that crimes had occurred was not sufficient to sustain a conviction of an individual for these crimes."

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