UN appeals chamber clears Srebrenica Muslim commander

Naser Oric, 41, was found guilty two years ago for failing to prevent the murder and torture of Serb captives in 1992 and 1993. In spite of the charges, he always maintained his innocence but was still sentenced to two years in prison. Following ...

Mr. Oric had been sentenced in 2006 to two years in prison for failing to take necessary and reasonable measures to prevent the murder and cruel treatment of a number of Bosnian Serbs held at the Srebrenica Police Station and a building behind the ...

Oric stared ahead without showing any emotion as the judgment was read, and then bowed briefly to judges before sitting down. Outside the courtroom, he hugged friends and his lawyer before walking out of the building a free man. "Of course I am very ...

The former commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, was cleared by a UN tribunal Thursday of war crimes against Serbs -- a decision he hailed as vindicating his men. June 2006 for crimes committed by his forces during Bosnia's ...

Oric was sentenced to two years in jail at his original trial in 2006. The tribunal said the evidence against him was 'vague and unconvincing,' the NRC reported. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to ...

The UN's Hague-based war crimes court for the former Yugslavia cleared Oric. "The appeals chamber ... reverses Naser Oric's conviction (and) finds Oric not guilty," said judge Wolfgang Schomburg. Oric, who was wartime commander in the eastern town ...

This Bouwknegt 03-07-2008 The Bosnian Muslim Naser Oric has been cleared on appeal of crimes committed during the Balkan War. The Appeals Chamber of the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia determined there was too little ...

The commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, was cleared Thursday when the appeals chamber of the UN war crimes tribunal overturned his conviction for war crimes. "The appeals chamber ... reverses Naser Oric's conviction," said ...

Google THE UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague has overturned the conviction of a Bosnian Muslim wartime commander for failing to stop the murder of Serbs near the enclave of Srebrenica early in the 1992-95 conflict. The court found that the case ...

Appeals Court Acquits Bosnian War Hero Published: July 3, 2008 Filed at 5:43 a.m. Netherlands (AP) -- A U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country ...