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| Bosnian Serbs jailed for genocide | Bosnian Serbs jailed for genocide |
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| Seven Bosnian Serbs have been convicted of genocide and jailed over the massacre of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) in Srebrenica in 1995. | Seven Bosnian Serbs have been convicted of genocide and jailed over the massacre of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) in Srebrenica in 1995. |
| After a two-year trial, the Bosnian war crimes court in Sarajevo ruled that the men helped in the systematic murder of more than 1,000 Bosniaks in one day. | |
| The victims were separated from their families and kept in a warehouse in the village of Kravica before being killed. | The victims were separated from their families and kept in a warehouse in the village of Kravica before being killed. |
| In all, as many as 8,000 men and boys were killed in a week in Srebrenica. | |
| Eleven men were originally charged with genocide - all of whom were police officers or soldiers with the Bosnian Serb wartime authorities. | |
| Four were acquitted and the other seven were given sentences ranging from 38 to 42 years. | |
| "The defendants knew that by killing the Bosnian Muslim men, they participated in the permanent extermination of Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica," said judge Hilmo Vucinic. | |
| "They consciously killed hundreds of Bosnian Muslims with the aim of permanently removing Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica." | |
| The killings were part of a week-long killing spree by Bosnian Serb forces which took place at a warehouse of an agricultural co-operative. | |
| The case was the first before the court of Bosnia-Hercegovina in which the suspects were accused of genocide, and the first trial for crimes committed in Srebrenica. | |
| Judges from Bosnia, the Netherlands and the United States took part in the trial. |