Klickovic et al: Trial closed to public
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The testimony of a protected witness, who appeared at the trial of Gojko Klickovic, Jovan Ostojic and Mladen Drljaca, to speak about the torture suffered during the course of the war, was conducted with no presence of the public.
As indicated by Prosecutor Philip Alcock, the witness was not willing to speak about her sufferings in public, considering that her family members still do not know all the details.
The indictment against Klickovic, Ostojic and Drljaca alleges, among other things, that civilians were held in “Petar Kocic” school building in Bosanska Krupa, “with no adequate food and hygienic conditions” in the period from May to August 1992. It is further alleged that some guards raped female detainees in that period.
The three men are charged with crimes in Bosanska Krupa municipality. The Prosecution considers that Klickovic was a senior official with the Serbian Democratic Party, SDS, and commander of the Crisis Committee in Bosanska Krupa, Ostojic was commander of the 11th Krupa Light infantry Brigade of the former Serbian Republic Army, while Drljaca was member of the SDS municipal board and member of the Crisis Committee of the Serbian municipality of Bosanska Krupa.
Prior to the exclusion of the public, Jovan Ostojic’s Defence attorney filed a motion, requested the release of his client on bail, while Mladen Drljaca’s attorney filed a motion, asking for the revision of prohibitive measures against the third indictee.
Klickovic has been held in custody since June 2007, while Ostojic and Drljaca were ordered into custody as of March 2008.
