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Confessions of a Monster: Borislav Herak Admits Guilt, Sentenced to Death for Genocide in Bosnia

Borislav Herak was the first person to be indicted, convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement in the Bosnian Genocide. His death sentence was reduced on appeal to 20 years in prison. He still serves his sentence in the … Continue reading

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Croatian War Criminals: Rape in Bosnia’s Lasva Valley

Accused B (Miroslav Bralo) again assaulted witness A, who was still naked, before a group of soldiers. He raped her in the mouth, vagina and anus and forced her to lick his penis clean. Then Anto Furundžija continued to interrogate … Continue reading

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U.N. Fears Serbs Seizing Bosniak Women

Rome News-Tribune, p.10A 23 September 1994. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The last time the parents saw their daughter, she had just stepped outside their home as the family was preparing to flee. They later learned that a Bosnian Serb soldier … Continue reading

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Serbs Brutally Raped Underage Bosniak Girls in Trnopolje

Grisly Testimony Given in War Trial Lawrence Journal World, p.6A 22 June 1996. THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former inmate at a Serb-run detention camp testified Friday that teen-age Muslim [Bosniak] girls were raped in a cinema and the … Continue reading

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Children of Rape Living Reminders of Horrible Secret of the Bosnian Genocide

By Teddie Weyr Gadsden Times, p.A6 26 January 1993. ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — No one knows how many there may be. Outwardly, they will carry no scarlet letter. But a fear they may be stigmatized by their horrible secret has sparked … Continue reading

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Rape is "a Weapon of War" in the Bosnian Genocide, European Inquiry

By Alan Riding 9 January 1993. Ocala Star-Banner, volume 50. No.131, year 127. p. (also published in NYT) A team of European Community investigators has estimated that 20,000 Muslim women have been raped by Bosnian Serb soldiers in recent months … Continue reading

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