Life sentences for Bosnian Serbs for Srebrenica genocide
11 Jun, 2010 Balkanblog
Former high-ranking Bosnian Serb officers Vujadin Popovic and Ljubisa Beara were convicted of genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1995 massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica. A third, former Bosnian Serb brigade commander Drago Nikolic was given a 35-year prison sentence for aiding and abetting genocide. Two others were acquitted of genocide charges but convicted of extermination, murder and persecution, while a final two officers were found guilty of lesser charges of war crimes.
Three of them were in the chain of command under then General Ratko Mladic, who is still a wanted fugitive.
It was the largest trial for ICTY since its establishment in 1993.
Source: CBC.