Announcement of North American Bosniaks regarding Tomašica
As the voice of North American Bosniaks and the voice of the victims of aggression and genocide, we ask that the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Mr. Theodor Meron and his deputy, Mr. Carmel Agius and Chief Prosecutor Mr. Serge Brammertz visit Prijedor and the site of mass grave in Tomašica which is new genocide evidence against trial suspects war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.
More: Press Release of North American Bosniaks regarding Tomašica mass grave near Prijedor
Prijedor is a town located in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 30 April 1992, Serb forces took control of the municipality removing the non-Serbs, Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats from positions of responsibility. After the takeover, thousands of non-Serb civilians were confined in the concentration camps Omarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje. Both male and female prisoners were subjected to severe mistreatment which included beatings, rape, sexual assaults, torture and executions as well as harassment, humiliation and psychological abuse. The establishment of these camps was a result of an intentional discrimination against the non-Serb population, part of a plan to expel non-Serbs from the Prijedor municipality.In addition to the crimes committed in the camps, killings of Muslims went on in many villages in the municipality, among them Hambarine, Biščani, Ljubija, Kozarac. On the 21 August 1992 a group of more than 200 unarmed men were transported from the municipality to Korićanske Stijene near Mount Vlašić, it was here they were executed by Serb police forces and their bodies thrown into a ravine. Only 12 persons survived (see Skender Vakuf/Kneževo). It was found that more than 3,000 killings occurred in the municipality. The Tribunal has indicted 16 persons for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the Prijedor municipality
Related cases for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the Prijedor municipality
- Banović, Predrag |
- Brđanin, Radoslav |
- Karadžić, Radovan |
- Krajišnik, Momčilo |
- Kvočka et al. |
- Mejakić et al. |
- Milošević, Slobodan |
- Mladić, Ratko |
- Mrđa, Darko |
- Plavšić, Biljana |
- Sikirica et al. |
- Stakić, Milomir |
- Tadić, Dusko |
- Talić, Momir |
- Stanišić and Župljanin |