Srebrenica survivor wants justice done

Thousands were trapped in Srebrenica

Hasan Nuhanovic was a Bosnian Muslim interpreter for the UN as the town came under threat in 1995. He tells the BBC's World Today programme what the trial of Slobodan Milosevic means to him.

I am personally more concerned with low-profile war crime suspects because there are maybe hundreds and even thousands in this country

"We were waiting to see Milosevic behind bars because we all knew that the Yugoslavian army and Milosevic were deeply involved in what was happening in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995.

I, myself, with my own eyes have seen aeroplanes crossing the border and bombing Srebrenica town a number of times.

It was clear that these aeroplanes were coming from Yugoslavia.

So this is just one of the proofs that the Yugoslavian army was involved and Milosevic was directly involved in what was happening in Bosnia and Srebrenica.

The aeroplanes that I am talking about took off from the airport which is located in Serbia.

Murdered family

At this moment Milosevic belongs to the category of so-called high-profile war crime suspects.

The tribunal is the only institution in the world which is going to give some justice to myself and to other people in Bosnia

But I am personally more concerned with low-profile war crime suspects because there are maybe hundreds and even thousands in this country.

I would say hundreds only for the case of Srebrenica itself. That's my concern.

I don't know who is going to deal with this type of war crime suspects because my family was murdered by someone on the ground and other families and other people and other victims.

These war crime suspects are still at large walking around as if nothing has happened.

I fully support the work of the Hague tribunal - it is the only institution in the world which is going to give some justice to myself and to other people in Bosnia. What is the alternative?

But still I want to raise the point that the number of war crime suspects will not be even close to the number of war criminals who have committed terrible crimes on the ground.

Uncertain future

There must be someone who will be dealing with these war crime suspects in the future.

My concern is if I see a war crime suspect or a war criminal I know for whom there are indications or rumours that they had killed my family or someone I know, what happens in that kind of situation?

I don't think I can give you the answer on the future in this country.

But what I told you now I think should describe what the future may look like if a proper way is not found to deal with these war crime suspects."