Bosnian Serb Srebrenica Convict Ljubomir Borovcanin Freed
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Borovcanin, the wartime deputy commander of the Bosnian Serb interior ministry’s special police brigade, has been released from prison in Denmark, where he was serving his sentence, media reported on Monday.
The Hague Tribunal sentenced Borovcanin to 17 years in prison in 2010 for assisting in the murders, extermination and persecution of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995. The verdict became final as Borovcanin did not file an appeal.
Hajra Catic of the Women of Srebrenica association told BIRN she was unhappy with Borovcanin’s early release.
She also said that war victims believed that his sentence was too short.
“What are the Hague Tribunal and the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina doing? We are not satisfied,” Catic said.
“There is really no justice for us, the victims,” she added.
Borovcanin was originally on trial with Vujadin Popovic, Ljubisa Beara, Drago Nikolic, Vinko Pandurevic and Radivoje Miletic for their involvement in the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
Popovic and Beara were sentenced to life in prison, Nikolic to 35 years and Pandurevic to 13 years. Miletic’s sentence was reduced from 19 to 18 years on appeal.
