Branimir Glavaš (born September 23, 1956) is a controversial Croatian right-wing politician and a convicted war criminal.
Glavaš came to prominence in his home city of Osijek during the Croatian war of independence, when he led its defense and became a major general in the Croatian Army. After the war he continued to exercise much influence as one of the leading members of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
In 2005/2006, Glavaš was first accused of...
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Branimir Glavaš (born September 23, 1956) is a controversial Croatian right-wing politician and a convicted war criminal.
Glavaš came to prominence in his home city of Osijek during the Croatian war of independence, when he led its defense and became a major general in the Croatian Army. After the war he continued to exercise much influence as one of the leading members of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
In 2005/2006, Glavaš was first accused of war crimes, and he also left HDZ and founded a new party – the Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB). After a lengthy and controversial trial, during which he was re-elected to parliament and had to be stripped of immunity twice, in 2009 he was found guilty of torture and murder of Serb civilians in Osijek during the war, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Glavaš fled to neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he remained free because of his dual citizenship. In 2010, when his conviction was confirmed, though...
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