Person: Lukic Milan Archives

On the 31st anniversary of the abduction and execution of 20 non-Serb passengers seized from a train in Strpci in Bosnia during wartime, victims’ relatives expressed discontent about alleged perpetrators’ recent acquittals in Serbia.

The UN war crimes court in The Hague rejected an appeal for early release from prison made by Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic, who is serving a life sentence for committing crimes against humanity.

Records held by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia show how paramilitary units were set up and deployed to use violence to achieve political aims in the 1990s wars.

The Hague war crimes court rejected a request to review the life sentence handed down to Bosnian Serb paramilitary unit leader Milan Lukic for committing crimes against humanity in the town of Visegrad.

Wartime paramilitary leader Milan Lukic, who was sentenced to life in prison by the Hague Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity in Visegrad in Bosnia, asked the UN court to review his verdict.

The UN court in The Hague has rejected requests for early release from three war crimes convicts because they have not shown signs that they have been rehabilitated – a move applauded by Bosnian war victims’ organisation. Bosnian war victims’ representatives have welcomed decisions by Carmel Agius, president of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals […]

Ahead of the anniversary of the abduction and killing of 20 passengers from a train in Strpci in Bosnia in 1993, one victim’s son said he hopes that the bodies of those who are still missing will be discovered. Demir Licina, whose father Ilijaz was one of the passengers seized from a train by Bosnian […]

The Belgrade trial of Bosnian Serb ex-fighters for the 1993 abduction and murder of passengers from a train in Strpci in Bosnia has seen witnesses change their stories to blame a man who has already been convicted. The first year of the trial in Belgrade for the abduction and killing of 20 passengers from a […]

Former paramilitary leader Milan Lukic, who is already serving a jail sentence for war crimes, was charged with involvement in the abduction and killing of 20 passengers seized from a train in Strpci in Bosnia in 1993. The Bosnian state prosecution on Friday charged Milan Lukic, the wartime leader of the Avengers paramilitary group, with crimes against 20 passengers who were abducted from a train at Strpci station near Visegrad in eastern Bosnia in February 1993 and then murdered.

The Jovan Popovic trial began with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of the prosecution’s introductory statement.

Person: Lukic Milan

Bosnia Train Massacre Victims’ Families Lament ‘Lack of Justice’

UN Court Rejects Bosnian Serb War Criminal’s Plea for Release

Hague Tribunal Archive Reveals Paramilitaries’ Violent Strategies

UN Court Refuses to Review Paramilitary Leader’s Life Sentence

Bosnian Serb War Criminal Asks for Review of Life Sentence

Hague Court Denies Early Release to ‘Unrehabilitated’ Convicts

Bosnia Train Massacre Victim’s Son Hopes Bodies Will be Found

Bosnian Train Massacre Trial: Witnesses Find Convenient Scapegoat

Bosnian Serb War Criminal Indicted for Train Massacre

Jovan Popovic Trial Begins

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