Bugojno ethnic cleansing

The ethnic cleansing of Croats in Bugojno was a joint criminal enterprise of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its political leadership in Bugojno which had the intention to ethnically clean Croatian population in Bugojno.[1] The ethnic cleansing expelled 14,000 Croats. 200 Croats, of which 85 civilians were murdered. Around 2,000 Croats were in concentration camps, of which 550 in the notorious camp "Stadion". 294 camp prisoners for eight months were mentally and physically abused. The bodies of 36 Croats have not yet been found, including the bodies of 16 civilians.[2]

The trial of members of the Bosniak wartime Presidency of Bugojno, Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica and Senad Dautović, led by Dževad Mlaćo began in February 2008.[3] In November 2011 Dautović was sentenced to 13 years in prison for war crimes against civilians in Bugojno. In addition, Dautović was sentenced for war crimes against the wounded and war prisoners. The judgment stated that Dautović knowingly participated in a criminal enterprise. Gasal was sentenced to six years in prison. Due to lack of evidence, Kukavica was acquitted. The sentence was handed by the presiding judge Davorin Jukić.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Popović, Ana (16 September 2011). "Zločin u Bugojnu je sada udruženi zločinački poduhvat" (in Croatian). Večernji list. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Popović, Ana (23 November 2010). "Progon 14.000 Hrvata iz Bugojna nije incident već etničko čišćenje" (in Croatian). Večernji list. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 Rovčanin, H. (23 November 2011). "Bugojno - udruženi zločinački pothvat: za zločine nad Hrvatima u Bugojnu 19 godina zatvora" (in Croatian). Dnevni list. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Za zločin u Bugojnu 15 godina zatvora" (in Bosnian). Balkan Insight. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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