Husein Mujanovic
Serbia Criticised for Cutting Bosnian War Criminal’s Sentence
The Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre on Monday criticised the Belgrade Court of Appeals' decision to reduce former police inspector Osman Osmanovic's war crimes sentence for prisoner abuse from five to three-and-a-half years in prison.
Serbia Cuts Bosnian Army Jail Chief’s Prisoner Abuse Sentence
The Appeals Court in Belgrade announced on Thursday that it has handed down a second-instance verdict sentencing Husein Mujanovic to four-and-a-half years in prison for abusing Serbs who were held at a Bosnian Army military prison in Hrasnica near Sarajevo during 1992.
Serbia Convicts Bosniak Military Prison Chief of Beating Prisoners
Belgrade Higher Court on Monday sentenced Husein Mujanovic, the commander of a military prison in Hrasnica near Sarajevo during the Bosnian war, to ten years of prison for the abuse of Bosnian Serb inmates in 1992.
Serbian Court Quashes Bosniak Military Prison Chief’s Conviction
The Appeals Court in Belgrade has quashed the verdict convicting Husein Mujanovic, the commander of a military prison in Hrasnica near Sarajevo during the Bosnian war, of the abuse of Bosnian Serb inmates in 1992, and ordered a retrial.
Mujanovic had been sentenced to ten years in prison in July 2020.
Sarajevo Spends €1.37 Million to Help War Crime Defendants
The Ministry for Veterans' Affairs of Sarajevo Canton told BIRN that it set aside 2,680,000 Bosnian marks (1,370,000 euros) from 2013 to 2020 to help mainly Bosniak former Bosnian Army soldiers and police officers who are on trial for war crimes and their families.
Serbian Court Urged to Convict Bosnian War Prison Commander
Serbia's war crimes prosecutor said in his closing statement to Belgrade Higher Court on Thursday that all the evidence showed that Husein Mujanovic was guilty of abusing Serbs held at a wartime prison that he commanded in Hrasnica.
Prosecutor Mioljub Vitorovic said the evidence "indisputably established that Husein Mujanovic committed the criminal act with which he is charged".
Serbia Arrests Bosnian Ex-Soldier for Alleged War Crimes
Serbian police arrested Husein Mujanovic, a former soldier in the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for alleged war crimes against Serbs during the 1990s conflict.