塞尔维亚前将军Nebojsa Pavkovic被判定犯有科索沃战争罪,于79岁死亡;他因健康原因获释之前在芬兰服役。
Former Serbian general Nebojsa Pavkovic, convicted of Kosovo war crimes, died at 79; he served time in Finland before release on health grounds.
Nebojsa Pavkovic是前塞尔维亚将军,在1998-1999年科索沃冲突期间被联合国前南斯拉夫问题国际刑事法庭判定犯有战争罪,在贝尔格莱德于79岁时死亡。
Nebojsa Pavkovic, a former Serbian general convicted by the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia of war crimes during the 1998–1999 Kosovo conflict, has died at age 79 in Belgrade.
他因驱逐、酷刑和杀害阿尔巴尼亚裔平民等暴行被判处22年监禁,在芬兰服刑,因健康原因获释不到死亡前一个月。
He was sentenced to 22 years in prison for atrocities including expulsions, torture, and killings of ethnic Albanian civilians and served time in Finland before being released on health grounds less than a month before his death.
尽管他被定罪,但他在塞尔维亚被誉为民族英雄,阿列克桑达尔·武西奇总统赞扬他的服务。
Despite his conviction, he was hailed as a national hero in Serbia, with President Aleksandar Vucic praising his service.
在1999年北约轰炸了78天之后,冲突结束了,科索沃于2008年宣布独立,但塞尔维亚继续拒绝。
The conflict ended after 78 days of NATO bombing in 1999, leading to Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence, which Serbia continues to reject.