Wartime Bosnian Croats on trial

The trial in the Prlic et al. Case begain at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The Hague on the 26 April 2006. The charges against the accused focus on ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims and other non-Croats from areas in the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which were claimed to be part of the so-called Herceg-Bosna, declared as a political and territorial entity in November 1991. The charges include, among others, murder, rape, sexual assault, destruction of property, imprisonment, deportation and forcible transfer. The indictment concentrates on crimes committed in the municipalities of Prozor, Gornji Vakuf, Jablanica, Mostar, Ljubuski, Stolac, Èapljina and Vares.

ICTY: Press Release, 24.4.06: Trial in the Prlic et al. Case to begin on 26 April 2006 http://www.un.org/icty/pressreal/2006/PA264-e.htm

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