Person: Stanisic Ostoja Archives

Former Bosnian Serb battalion commander Ostoja Stanisic was sentenced to five years in prison for assisting the commission of genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Thursday upheld the conviction of Ostoja Stanisic, the former commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Zvornik Brigade, but reduced his sentence from 11 to five years.

In closing arguments at the Srebrenica genocide retrial of former Bosnian Serb battalion commander Ostoja Stanisic, the prosecution demanded a long sentence while the defendant insisted he was innocent.

At the retrial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in The Hague, a prosecution witness said Serb police robbed and killed Croats in an attack on a Croatian village in 1991. A written statement by a protected prosecution witness codenamed RFJ-072, accusing local Serb police of committing crimes during an attack on the Croatian village of Saborsko in the country’s Lika region in November 1991, was read in the courtroom at the retrial of Stanisic and Simatovic at the Mechanism for International Tribunals on Wednesday.

Former Bosnian Serb Army officer Ostoja Stanisic was sentenced to 11 years in prison for assisting the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995, but his deputy was acquitted.

In closing arguments in the trial of ex-soldier Marko Milosevic, his defence lawyer said the prosecution had not proved that the defendant was guilty of involvement in killing hundreds of Srebrenica Bosniaks.

Testifying at a trial dealing with the Srebrenica genocide, additional defense witnesses said that defendants Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic were at a forward command post and on the frontline during an attack in July 1995.

According to the charges, Stanisic was the commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Zvornicka Brigade with the Bosnian Serb Army and Milosevic was his deputy.

Testifying at the trial of two defendants charged with participating in the Srebrenica genocide, an additional defense witness said defendant Ostoja Stanisic wasn’t in Petkovci in July 1995, the period of his alleged crimes.

Testifying at the trial of two former members of the Bosnian Serb Army charged with genocide in Srebrenica, a state prosecution witness said the command of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sixth Battalion was located in an old school building in Petkovci. This contradicts previous statements given by the witness during the investigation phase of the case.

A trial involving the Srebrenica genocide has been postponed, as the wrong state prosecution witness appeared in court at today’s hearing.

Person: Stanisic Ostoja

Bosnian Serb Battalion Chief Convicted of Assisting Genocide

Bosnian Serb Commander Faces Srebrenica Genocide Verdict

Serb Police ‘Robbed and Killed Croats’ in 1991

Bosnian Serb Officer Convicted of Srebrenica Genocide

Srebrenica Genocide Case Against Serb Soldier ‘Unproven’

Stanisic and Milosevic Weren’t in Petkovci During Mass Killing, Witnesses Say

Stanisic at Forward Command Post During Petkovci Attack, Witnesses Say

Witness Claims Stanisic Not in Petkovci During Alleged Crimes

Witness Denies Previous Statements Made in Petkovci Trial

Srebrenica Trial Postponed, Wrong Witness Appeared in Court

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