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| Bosnian Serb wins genocide appeal | Bosnian Serb wins genocide appeal |
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| UN appeals judges at The Hague have reversed the conviction of a Bosnian Serb army general found guilty in 2005 of complicity in genocide. | UN appeals judges at The Hague have reversed the conviction of a Bosnian Serb army general found guilty in 2005 of complicity in genocide. |
| Vidoje Blagojevic's jail sentence was reduced from 18 to 15 years for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. | Vidoje Blagojevic's jail sentence was reduced from 18 to 15 years for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. |
| The judges ruled he should have been acquitted because his original trial found he had not known of the massacre and only provided logistical support. | The judges ruled he should have been acquitted because his original trial found he had not known of the massacre and only provided logistical support. |
| Over 7,000 Muslims died in Srebrenica at the end of the 1992-1995 war. | Over 7,000 Muslims died in Srebrenica at the end of the 1992-1995 war. |
| It is considered to be the worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II. | It is considered to be the worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II. |
| Col Blagojevic commanded the Bratunac brigade of the Bosnian Serb army at the time. | |
| He was subordinate to Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic, who in April 2004 became the first person to be found guilty of aiding and abetting genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). |