Defendant Fails to Appear, Trial of Five Former Bosnian Army Soldiers Postponed
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As a result, the trial chamber didn’t enter the courtroom. A court assistant informed the defendants, their attorneys, and the prosecutor, that the hearing would not be held.
Enes Curic, Ibrahim Demirovic, Samir Kreso, Habib Copelj, and Mehmed Kaminic have been charged with participating in the detention of Croat civilians, who were subjected to severe physical and mental abuse from June-December 1993. Demirovic is also charged with an incident of rape in Potoci.
According to the indictment, at the time Curic was a member of the 49th Mountain Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the manager of detention facilities in Potoci. Demirovic was the commander of the 47th Mountain Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kreso was the chief of the Medical Unit of the Military Unit of the Mountain Brigade, which was active in the Bijelo Polje area. Copelj and Kaminic were members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The trial will continue on March 17.
