29 May 2013 Last updated at 07:02 ET
A UN tribunal has found six former Bosnian Croat leaders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1990s Balkan wars.
They were convicted of persecuting and murdering Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and other non-Croats in a plan to create an ethnic Croat state in Bosnia.
The court in The Hague jailed Jadranko Prlic, the leader of the self-proclaimed state, for 25 years.
The other five men received prison sentences ranging from 10 to 25 years.
They are:
- Bruno Stojic - former defence minister of the breakaway Herceg-Bosna mini-state - 20 years in jail
- Slobodan Praljak - former militia head - 20 years
- Milivoj Petkovic - former militia head - 20 years
- Valentin Coric - former commander of Bosnian Croat military police - 16 years
- Berislav Pusic - ex-head of prisoner exchanges and detention facilities - 10 years
The six men are now expected to appeal.
29 May, 2013
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