Human rights experts of the United Nations, UN, express fear the release of Milorad Trbic, whose verdict for genocide was quashed, might lead to the 're-victimization of victims'.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has quashed a verdict under which Milorad Trbic was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the genocide in Srebrenica.
The Third Instance Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduced the sentence to Sefik Alic for the crimes committed in the territory of Bosanska Krajina from ten to eight years of prison.
Former soldiers Zeljko Stanarevic and Dragan Dopudja are accused of the persecution of Bosniak civilians in villages in the Bihac area, including involvement in the killing of 11 prisoners.
Ex-soldier Suad Kapic, convicted of murdering prisoners of war in Sanski Most in 1995, argued that his sentence should be reduced because he was only 17 when he committed the crime.
Former Bosnian Army assistant commander Sefik Alic, convicted of abusing Croatian Serb prisoners of war, was freed on a technicality because the wrong criminal code was used at his trial.
The Court of BiH discontinues the execution of the sentence against Suad Kapic after the Constitutional Court of BiH quashed a second instance verdict, under which he was sentenced to 17 years in prison for crimes in the Sanski Most area.
The Bosnian State Court has ordered the immediate release from prison of Zeljko Ivanovic, a former Bosnian Serb special police member, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for assisting the Srebrenica genocide.
Two Bosnian Serb brothers convicted of abusing Bosniak prisoners near Sarajevo in 1992 asked the appeals court for lower sentences because of the absence of fatal consequences.