UN tribunal sentences two Bosnian Croats for war crimes

The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced two Bosnian Croats to 18 and 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity against Muslims, including prisoners, during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995.

The 20-year sentence for Mladen Naletilic, 56, was for eight counts of persecution on political, racial and religious grounds, torture, unlawful labour, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health and unlawful transfer of a civilian in the Mostar area.

Vinko Martinovic, 39, was sentenced to 18 years on nine counts, including persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds, murder, unlawful labour and inhuman treatment.