Slavko Curuvija: 4 ex-Serbian police officers founded guilty of reporter’s murder

4 previous Serbian knowledge police officers have actually been incarcerated for the 1999 murder of famous reporter Slavko Curuvija.

An unique court punished the 4 guys to an overall of 100 years behind bars for their participation in the murder.

Curuvija was fired 13 times outside his main Belgrade house in April 1999 throughout the NATO battle project.

He was just one of the fiercest as well as most prominent movie critics of previous Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in the 1990s.

The 49-year-old was the proprietor as well as editor of 2 leading independent papers– the everyday “Dnevni Telegraf” as well as the once a week “Evropljanin”.

A couple of days previously prior to his fatality, pro-government media had actually identified Curuvija a “traitor” for contacting NATO to flop targets in Serbia.

According to nationwide media, the previous police officers were establishing guilty of killing Curuvija “to safeguard the regimen”.

Radomir Markovic, the previous head of the secret authorities, as well as Milan Radonjic, the head of the Belgrade branch of the secret authorities, were each punished to thirty years’ jail time.

2 various other knowledge police officers Ratko Romic as well as Miroslav Kurak– that continues to be on the run– each obtained 20-year jail sentences.

The 4 guys had actually currently been condemned in 2019 however the decision was rescinded by the court resulting in a retrial. The current decision is likewise based on appeal.

Markovic is currently offering a 40-year sentence for the 1999 murder of 4 various other challengers of Milošević as well as the 2000 fatality of previous Serbian Head of state Ivan Stambolic. Radonjic as well as Romic are likewise under home apprehension.

The three-week NATO battle on Belgrade was released versus the previous Yugoslavia in feedback to Milošević’s fierce suppression on Albanian separationists in Kosovo.

The US-led project efficiently finished the Kosovo Battle, which eliminated greater than 13,000 individuals.

Milošević was ultimately ousted in a 2000 uprising, as well as passed away in his cell while waiting for decision for battle criminal activities in The Hague in 2006.

Greater than twenty years later on, reporters are still frightened for criticising Serbian authorities.

In 2020, 32 reporters experienced physical assaults as well as virtually 100 reported dangers, according to the Organization of Independent Reporters of Serbia.