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War criminal Plavsic lifts off from Sweden

National: 27 Oct 09
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic left Sweden on Tuesday after being granted early release from a Swedish prison by the UN war crimes court, prison officials said. READ »

Sweden releases war criminal Plavsic

Politics: 22 Oct 09
Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic is to be released from a Swedish prison later this month after serving two thirds of an 11-year-sentence. READ »

Bosnian Serbs hail war criminal's release

Politics: 17 Sep 09
The Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik praised the decision of the UN war crimes court to grant early release to Biljana Plavsic, a convicted war criminal serving time in a Swedish prison. READ »

Court urges early release for Bosnian war criminal

Politics: 15 Sep 09
Biljana Plavsic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who is serving an 11-year jail sentence in Sweden for crimes against humanity, should be released early for good behaviour, according to court documents. READ »

Bosnian war criminal: 'I did nothing wrong'

Society: 26 Jan 09
Convicted war criminal and former Bosnian leader Biljana Plavsic has retracted a confession made to the Hague war crimes tribunal in 2001. “I sacrificed myself. I have done nothing wrong,” she told Swedish magazine Vi. READ »

Sweden rejects Bosnian war crime pardon request

Politics: 4 Dec 08
Sweden’s justice ministry has denied a second pardon request from Biljana Plavsicm, the former Bosnian Serb president and convicted war criminal, to have her 11-year-jail sentence ended. READ »

Bosnian leader: 'Don't pardon Plavsic'

Politics: 8 Sep 08
A member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency has called on Sweden not to pardon former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic, who is serving an 11-year war crimes sentence. READ »

Plavsic 'could be released next year'

National: 21 Dec 07
Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic could be released from jail in Sweden next year, the Bosnian Serb prime minister has said. READ »

War criminal dies in Swedish prison

National: 20 May 07
A Bosnian Serb war criminal died on Saturday in a Swedish jail. Miroslav Deronjic, 52, died a natural death, according to prison officials. READ »

Sweden refuses pardon for former Serb leader

National: 26 Apr 07
Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic has been refused a pardon by Sweden's government, meaning she will continue to serve her sentence in Hingseberg jail, central Sweden. READ »

Serb war criminal seeks Swedish pardon

National: 17 Jan 07
Former Bosnian Serb president and convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic, serving an 11-year sentence in Sweden, has sought a pardon from Swedish authorities, the justice ministry said on Wednesday. READ »

Plavsic asks Sweden for pardon

National: 25 Oct 06
Former Bosnian Serb president and war criminal Biljana Plavisc, who serving her sentence in a Swedish jail, has asked the authorities in Sweden for a pardon. READ »

Sweden willing to imprison more war criminals

National: 19 Jun 05
More war criminals from the former Yugoslavia could join the former Bosnian Serb president in Swedish jails, says justice minister Thomas Bodström. But Sweden is not willing to house Saddam Hussein. READ »


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