The third-instance panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the verdict by which Dusan Sladojevic, Slavko Aleksic and Risto Lecic were sentenced to five months in prison for inciting national, racial and religious hatred, discord and intolerance in the area of Visegrad and its surroundings in March 2019. 

“The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a verdict in the case of Dusan Sladojevic and others, rejecting the appeals of the BiH Prosecutor's Office and the Defence thus confirming the second-instance decision. The decision was sent to the parties and the defendants’ defence attorneys,” the State Court stated.

In June, the Appellate Council issued a second-instance verdict which found that Sladojevic, Aleksic and Lecic committed the criminal offence of “inciting national, racial and religious hatred, discord and intolerance”.

“The fact that there was no incident does not mean that the residents of Visegrad were not disturbed,” said judge Azra Miletic during the pronouncement of the second-instance verdict.

The fact that the “Ravna Gora Movement” was registered in Court, as Miletic pointed out at the time, does not exculpate the defendants from illegal actions. She also referred to the use of Chetnik symbols, as well as the glorification of the Chetnik movement and founder Draza Mihailovic, who were condemned and recognized as a movement that collaborated with fascist forces.

This judgment is final and cannot be appealed.