Bosnian Serbs Could Face New Srebrenica

Genocide Trial

10 September 2010.

By Greg Roumeliotis

Six former Bosnian Serb military leaders convicted of crimes related to the 1995 Srebrenica
massacre of 8,000 Bosniaks could face more charges or longer sentences after the prosecution
filed an appeal.

All the men were convicted in June at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia in The Hague. On Friday the tribunal said the prosecution was appealing some the
findings.

Vinko Pandurevic, a Bosnian Serb army commander, should be retried for crimes against
humanity in the killing of as many as 3,000 Bosnian Muslims and have his 13-year
imprisonment sentence increased accordingly, the prosecution said.

Vujadin Popovic, Ljubisa Beara and Drago Nicolic, three former Serbian army chiefs of
security, should be retried on genocide charges, while Radivoje Miletic, a former deputy chief
of staff, should be retried for opportunistic killings, the prosecution added.

Milan Gvero, who was assistant commander for morale, legal and religious affairs, should be
retried for crimes against humanity and have his five-year imprisonment sentence increased
substantially, the prosecution said.

The Srebrenica genocide is part of indictments against Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic,
whose trial is still going on, and Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic, who is still sought for
genocide at the enclave.

Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Mladic killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys after
the U.N.-protected "safe area" zone fell into their hands near the end of Bosnia's 1992-95.