He was accused of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In Serbia, he entered into an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office and was sentenced to a minimum of five years in prison.
Miomir Jasikovac, the former commander of the military police company of the Zvornik Brigade of the Army of the Republika Srpska (RS), was charged in Serbia with war crimes in December 2022, just ten days after the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH indicted him for genocide.
Thus, once again, Belgrade “preempted” Sarajevo and prevented further proceedings against those accused of the crime of genocide, who reside in Serbia.
It was not possible to find out that it was the same person because the Prosecution for War Crimes of Serbia published its indictment without mentioning the name of the defendant.
Belgrade, however, did not accuse him of genocide because Serbia refuses to recognize it and try him for this crime.
“In this way, the trial according to the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, which charged Jasikovac with genocide and the murder of around 2,300 people, was actually prevented,” war crimes researcher Jovana Kolaric told.
When asked by journalists why they filed their indictment, even though they knew that BiH had done it before them, the Prosecutor’s Office in Serbia replied that “the facts and evidence obtained during the investigation were of the quality that is required for filing an indictment”.
The Prosecutor’s Office did not answer the question of why, despite the gravity of the crime, a plea agreement was concluded with Jasikovac.
What did Serbia accuse Jasikovac of?
“AA”, as stated, is accused of participating in the arrest of members of the Army of BiH and civilians from July 13th to 15th, 1995, together with subordinate members of the military police company of the Zvornik Brigade, and escorting them to locations, knowing that they would be killed there.
According to the indictment, more than 300 people were killed at three locations in the east of BiH.
The Prosecutor’s Office in Serbia did not specifically answer journalists’ question as to how there was a significantly lower number of victims than the one stated in the BiH indictment, Slobodna Evropa reports.
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