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UN Court Backs Sentence Of Former Bosnian Croat Soldier

Bosnia-Herzegovina is still bridging its differences (RFE/RL)

Bosnia-Herzegovina is still bridging its differences (RFE/RL)

April 2, 2207 -- The UN war-crimes tribunal in The Hague today upheld the 20-year sentence of a former Bosnian Croat soldier who pleaded guilty in 2005 to the murder, rape, and torture of Muslim civilians during the Bosnian war.

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Miroslav Bralo changed his plea to guilty during the trial on eight counts of war crimes and human rights abuses during the 1993 Muslim-Croat war in central Bosnia.
 
The court today cited the seriousness of the crimes committed for upholding the sentence.
 
(Reuters) 

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