- Stojan Župljanin
Stojan Župljanin (
Serbian Cyrillic : Стојан Жупљанин; bornSeptember 28 ,1951 ) is a formerBosnian Serb police commander.Župljanin was born in Maslovare, a village in the
Kotor Varoš municipality inBosnia and Herzegovina . As commander of the Bosnian Serb police during theBosnian war , Župljanin had operational control over the police forces responsible for the detention camps where thousands of prisoners were held in horrific conditions and many were murdered. Župljanin is also alleged to have played a central role in the destruction ofBosniak andBosnian Croat communities in theAutonomous Region of Krajina .On
14 March ,1999 he was charged byICTY withgenocide ,crimes against humanity , violations of the laws and customs of war and breaches of theGeneva Conventions . [http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/zup-2ai041006.htm]In October
2005 , Župljanin's home was raided by local police and byEU peacekeepers, but they failed to find him. He was arrested onJune 11 ,2008 not far fromBelgrade ,Serbia and extradited to the ICTY. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1842526]External links
* fr icon [http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/eCache/DEF/6/068.c2V0TGFuZz1FTiZMPUVO.html Stojan Župljanin: Hague Justice Portal]
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