Momčilo Gruban

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Momčilo Gruban (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Грубан; born 19 June 1961), also known as Čkalja (Чкаља), is a Bosnian Serb who was convicted by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH) of crimes against humanity committed at the Omarska concentration camp near Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. Gruban was born near the town of Prijedor. In late May 1992 the Omarska camp opened. It held almost exclusively non-Serb detainees from the surrounding districts who had been rounded up during the ethnic cleansing of central Bosanska Krajina. The detainees were kept in deplorable conditions and an atmosphere of severe physical and psychological violence, and had limited access to inadequate and poor quality food, water and medical care. Gruban was the leader of one of the guard shifts, and oversaw the systems of abuse and had an important role in the functions of the camp. The camp was closed in late August following international outcry in the wake of a visit and reporting...

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