Judges in the Hague on Wednesday sentenced two former Bosnian Serb police officers to 22 years imprisonment for their role in war crimes and crimes against humanity during the break-up of Yugoslavia more than 20 years ago.
The Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal ruled that the pair of officers had contributed to plans to permanently remove non-Serbs from the territory of a planned Serb State by committing acts of violence against Muslims and ethnic Croats.
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