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The Bosnian state court found former policeman Kahro Vejzovic not guilty of torturing Serb civilian detainees in the village of Stupari in the Kladanj area in 1992. The state court in Sarajevo on Friday acquitted Kahro Vejzovic of torturing detained Serb civilians in Stupari from June to September 1992.

Jovan Tintor, a former adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, was convicted of being responsible for the unlawful detentions and abuse of Bosniak and Croat prisoners in the Vogosca area in 1992. The Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Thursday found Jovan Tintor, the wartime head of the Serb-led Crisis Committee in the Vogosca municipality, guilty of crimes against Bosniak and Croat detainees and sentenced him to 11 years in prison.

The Bosnian state court has sentenced five former Bosnian Croat soldiers to a total of 12-and-a-half years in prison for crimes committed in a camp in Ljubuski in Western Herzegovina.

Former detainees and relatives of prisoners who were killed at the Bosnian Serb-run Omarska detention facility in Prijedor marked the 26th anniversary of the closure of the notorious wartime camp.

The former commander of the Bosnian Army’s Zulfikar Squad, Nihad Bojadzic, was convicted of rape and other crimes against Croat civilians and prisoners of war in Jablanica in 1993. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Friday found Nihad Bojadzic of committing rape together with another member of the Bosnian Army in Jablanica in 1993.

After a six-year trial, the Bosnian court sentenced eight Bosniaks to a total of 60 years in prison for committing crimes against Serb and Croat civilians illegally held in wartime detention camps in Hadzici.

Prosecutors called for the conviction of Jovan Tintor, a former adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is accused of crimes against humanity against Bosniaks and Croats in Bosnia’s Vogosca area in 1992. Prosecutor Adis Nuspahic said in his closing statement to the state court in Sarajevo on Monday that Jovan Tintor played a major role in the Bosnian war and should be found guilty of crimes against humanity.

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court will hear an appeal filed by the defence of former Croatian Defence Council fighter Indira Kameric, who was sentenced to four years in prison for crimes against civilian detainees.

The Bosnian state court reduced former Dretelj detention camp guard Ivan Medic’s prison sentence for crimes against Serb civilian prisoners from 14 to 12 years on appeal.

Former Bosnian Serb detention camp manager Dragan Nikolic, who admitted participating in the murders, rape and torture of Bosniak prisoners in 1992 and apologised to his victims, has died.

Detention Camps

Bosniak Ex-Policeman Acquitted of Torturing Serbs in Stupari

Radovan Karadzic’s Ex-Adviser Convicted of Wartime Crimes

Bosnia Court Jails Five Croats for Ljubuski Crimes

Bosnians Commemorate Victims of Notorious Omarska Camp

Bosnian Army Ex-Officer Jailed for Rape, Prisoner Abuse

Eight Bosniaks Jailed for 60 Years for Prison Camp Abuses

Prosecutors Demand Jail for Radovan Karadzic’s Ex-Adviser

Female Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter Appeals Conviction

Bosnian Wartime Detention Camp Guard’s Sentence Reduced

Hague Convict Who Apologised for War Crimes Dies

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