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Željko Mejakić
Željko Mejakić (born 2 August 1964) is a former police officer who was found guilty by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH) of murder, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, other inhumane acts, and persecutionconstituting crimes against humanity under the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovinacommitted at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. Mejakić was born, raised and worked as a policeman in and around the town of Prijedor. In late May 1992 he was the commander of the police station at the town of Omarska in the Prijedor municipality when he began working at the Omarska camp which held almost exclusively non-Serb detainees from the surrounding districts who had been rounded up during the ethnic cleansing of central Bosanska Krajina. According to findings by the Court of BiH during his trial and appeal, between 28 May and 21 August 1992, Mejakić was the de facto commanderand chief of securityof the Oma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omarska
Omarska (Serbian Cyrillic: Омарска) is a small town near Prijedor in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town includes an old iron mine and ore processing plant. During the Bosnian War it was the site of the Omarska concentration camp. History World War II During World War II, a massacre of Bosnian Serb civilians occurred in Omarska by the Ustaše. Bosnian War The Omarska camp was a concentration camp run by Bosnian Serb forces in Omarska, set up for Bosniak and Croat men and women during the Prijedor massacre. Functioning in the first months of the Bosnian War in 1992, it was one of 677 alleged detention centers and camps set up throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war. While nominally an "investigation center" or "assembly point" for members of the non-Serb population, Human Rights Watch classified Omarska as a concentration camp. Geography Main Features The municipal commonwealth of Omarska consists of Omarska town and 10 villages: Petrov Gaj, Kevlja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |