The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday acquitted Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac and ordered their immediate release, Judge Theodor Meron said at the appeals judgement hearing in The Hague.
On 15 April 2011, the ICTY's trial chamber sentenced General Gotovina to 24 years and General Markac to 18 years in prison.
At the time of Operation Storm in August 1995, Gotovina served as Commander of the Split Military District and Markac as Commander of the Special Police. Gotovina has been in the ICTY's custody since December 10, 2005 and Markac since March 11, 2004.
