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Uzamnica camp


Uzamnica camp was a concentration camp established in 1992 by JNA forces for the Bosniak civilian prisoners during the Bosnian War.

Many of the Bosniaks who were not immediately killed in the Višegrad massacre were detained at various locations in the town, including the former JNA military barracks and warehouse at Uzamnica, five kilometres from Višegrad. Some of these detainees were kept at this site for over two years. Serb soldiers raped many women and beat and terrorised non-Serb civilians. Widespread looting and destruction of non-Serb homes and property took place daily and the town's two mosques were destroyed.

Those Bosniaks detained at the Uzamnica were subjected to inhumane conditions. Many were subjected to regular beatings; Serb paramilitaries were also permitted to enter the camp to beat and torture the prisoners at will. As a result of these assaults, many of the victims suffered serious and permanent injuries. Many prisoners, even little children, were used for hard forced labour projects. The only food the Serbs provided for their Bosniak prisoners was forbidden pork.

Each week, convoys of male prisoners would leave the camp, heading into Serbia, never to be seen again.

Milan Lukić, was found guilty of 12 counts of crimes against humanity and nine counts of violations of the laws of war for his alleged involvement in atrocities, including murder, torture, persecution, looting and destruction of property, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on July 20, 2009.


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