THE HAGUE -- The Hague Tribunal has sentenced former Bosnian Croat leader Jadranko Prlić to 25 years in prison for crimes against Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993-1994.
Bosnian Croat leaders convicted of crimes against Muslims
THE HAGUE -- The Hague Tribunal has sentenced former Bosnian Croat leader Jadranko Prlić to 25 years in prison for crimes against Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993-1994.
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Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti said that they were found guilty of participation in a joint criminal enterprise with the objective to remove the Muslim population from the territories on which the Bosnian Croat leadership with the leadership of Croatia wanted to establish Croat domination, mostly within the borders of the Croatian Banovina in 1939.
The ultimate purpose of the joint criminal enterprise was to create the Croat entity, the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, in order to unify the Croatian people in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Later these areas were to be either joined with the Republic of Croatia, or remain in close association with it.
The Hague Tribunal determined that apart from the six accused, then Croat President Franjo Tuđman also participated in the joint criminal enterprise and that they had help of Croatian Defense Council (HVO), Bosnian Croats’ armed forces and the Croatian Army.
According to the ruling, the Croatian authorities “had a complete control over the Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia authorities“.
Years before the crimes were committed, Tuđman and Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia President Mate Boban agreed that it was “necessary to change the population’s structure” in certain parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s territory.
The Hague Tribunal determined that aside from the accused and Tuđman, Croatian Defense Minister Gojko Šušak, Croatian Army Chief of the General Staff Janko Bobetko joined, participated in and contributed to the joint criminal enterprise and coordinated the operations on the ground to carry out the crimes.
The accused “significantly contributed” to the achievement of the joint criminal enterprise’s goal.
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Defense Minister Bruno Stojić, Croatian Defense Council Main Staff Head Slobodan Praljak and Croatian Defense Council Main Staff Deputy Commander Milivoj Petković were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Chief of the Military Police Administration Valentin Ćorić was sentenced to 16 years in prison while President of the Croatian Defense Council commission in charge of the exchange of prisoners and other persons and Head of the Croatian Defense Council Commission in charge of detention facilities Berislav Pušić was sentenced to ten years in prison.
They were found guilty of crimes against Muslims in eight municipalities in western Herzegovina and eastern Bosnia from spring 1993 until spring 1994. The crimes included killings, rape, deportation, inhumane treatment, illegal detention, destruction and seizure of property, reckless destruction of towns and cultural and religious monuments, forced labor and terror against civilians.
The crimes against humanity, violation of laws and customs of war and gross violation of the Geneva Convention were committed in Mostar, Prozor, Gornji Vakuf, Jablanica, Ljubuški, Stolac, Čapljina and Vareš.
Miscarriage of justice...I ask the question, why is it that if you have Christian beliefs you are punished. May i remind you people that Bosnia is and always has been a Christian Kingdom. The west will pay for being so tolerant.
(Bam Bam, 1 June 2013 07:00)
I guess if you kill Serbs (looking at you, Gotovina and Markac) you are off the hook. We see how it works....
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
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Exactly, killing Serbs is OK in the eyes of the NATO court. Even committing genocide against Serbs is fine. We saw it in both Croatia and "Kosovahh"*, but not convictions.
(Zoran, 29 May 2013 23:22)
PS I bet Lenard is happy, haha.
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
Our favorite Hrvat is probably busy hitchhiking to Osijek so he can kiss the Tudjman statue that was just recently erected. Give him a day or two before he preaches about "wicked" Serbians who are scaring away beautiful Italian tourists from the Croatian side of Mostar.
(We Love Lenard's Antics, 29 May 2013 21:43)
Some balancing out here with Croats being convicted, but the guilty were accused of a JCE against the Bosnian Muslims. I guess if you kill Serbs (looking at you, Gotovina and Markac) you are off the hook. We see how it works....
PS I bet Lenard is happy, haha.
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
Big ruling. Now let us see if it would hold up on appeal. Perhaps some justice for Muslim victims of Croatian aggression, for a change. To get a broader perspective on the goings on in BiH, folks might care to search articles on the Karadjordjevo agreement between Tudjman and Milosevic, and also the Graz agreement between Boban and Karadzic. I seem to recall Mladic writing about some of these Croat accused in his diary, too. They apparently shared some of his military aspirations in the 90s war.
(Nenad, 29 May 2013 20:06)
I guess if you kill Serbs (looking at you, Gotovina and Markac) you are off the hook. We see how it works....
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
--
Exactly, killing Serbs is OK in the eyes of the NATO court. Even committing genocide against Serbs is fine. We saw it in both Croatia and "Kosovahh"*, but not convictions.
(Zoran, 29 May 2013 23:22)
PS I bet Lenard is happy, haha.
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
Our favorite Hrvat is probably busy hitchhiking to Osijek so he can kiss the Tudjman statue that was just recently erected. Give him a day or two before he preaches about "wicked" Serbians who are scaring away beautiful Italian tourists from the Croatian side of Mostar.
(We Love Lenard's Antics, 29 May 2013 21:43)
Some balancing out here with Croats being convicted, but the guilty were accused of a JCE against the Bosnian Muslims. I guess if you kill Serbs (looking at you, Gotovina and Markac) you are off the hook. We see how it works....
PS I bet Lenard is happy, haha.
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
Big ruling. Now let us see if it would hold up on appeal. Perhaps some justice for Muslim victims of Croatian aggression, for a change. To get a broader perspective on the goings on in BiH, folks might care to search articles on the Karadjordjevo agreement between Tudjman and Milosevic, and also the Graz agreement between Boban and Karadzic. I seem to recall Mladic writing about some of these Croat accused in his diary, too. They apparently shared some of his military aspirations in the 90s war.
(Nenad, 29 May 2013 20:06)
Miscarriage of justice...I ask the question, why is it that if you have Christian beliefs you are punished. May i remind you people that Bosnia is and always has been a Christian Kingdom. The west will pay for being so tolerant.
(Bam Bam, 1 June 2013 07:00)
Big ruling. Now let us see if it would hold up on appeal. Perhaps some justice for Muslim victims of Croatian aggression, for a change. To get a broader perspective on the goings on in BiH, folks might care to search articles on the Karadjordjevo agreement between Tudjman and Milosevic, and also the Graz agreement between Boban and Karadzic. I seem to recall Mladic writing about some of these Croat accused in his diary, too. They apparently shared some of his military aspirations in the 90s war.
(Nenad, 29 May 2013 20:06)
I guess if you kill Serbs (looking at you, Gotovina and Markac) you are off the hook. We see how it works....
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
--
Exactly, killing Serbs is OK in the eyes of the NATO court. Even committing genocide against Serbs is fine. We saw it in both Croatia and "Kosovahh"*, but not convictions.
(Zoran, 29 May 2013 23:22)
Some balancing out here with Croats being convicted, but the guilty were accused of a JCE against the Bosnian Muslims. I guess if you kill Serbs (looking at you, Gotovina and Markac) you are off the hook. We see how it works....
PS I bet Lenard is happy, haha.
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
PS I bet Lenard is happy, haha.
(Slavko, 29 May 2013 20:15)
Our favorite Hrvat is probably busy hitchhiking to Osijek so he can kiss the Tudjman statue that was just recently erected. Give him a day or two before he preaches about "wicked" Serbians who are scaring away beautiful Italian tourists from the Croatian side of Mostar.
(We Love Lenard's Antics, 29 May 2013 21:43)
Miscarriage of justice...I ask the question, why is it that if you have Christian beliefs you are punished. May i remind you people that Bosnia is and always has been a Christian Kingdom. The west will pay for being so tolerant.
(Bam Bam, 1 June 2013 07:00)