NOSOVIĆ: ONLY MINOR SENTENCES HANDED DOWN FOR THE SUFFERING OF SERBS IN THE "SILOS" CAMP

BANJA LUKA, JANUARY 20 /SRNA/ - President of the Association of Camp Inmates of the Republika Srpska Anđelko Nosović, said that the suffering of Serbian prisoners in the "Silos" camp in Tarčin near Sarajevo was indescribable, and that justice has not reached either those who ordered or those who carried out crimes against Serbs even 30 years after the camp was closed, as only a few individuals have been sentenced to minor penalties before the Court of BiH.

Nosović recalled that "Silos" was a death camp for Serbs, in which more than 600 Serbian civilians were imprisoned during the war, 24 of whom died as a result of beatings, torture and starvation, and that the camp was closed in 1996.

"The suffering endured by Serbian detainees in that camp was indescribable, as best illustrated by the fact that Serbian women were raped there, and that one child was born in the camp, not in a maternity hospital," Nosović told SRNA.

He announced that the Association of Camp Inmates of the Republika Srpska will mark 30 years since the closure of the notorious "Silos" camp for Serbs in Tarčin, in the Sarajevo municipality of Hadžići, on St. Sava's Day, January 27.

Nosović said that the event will be attended by representatives of the authorities of the Republika Srpska, former detainees, as well as several foreign ambassadors.