Custody for Stanisic and Milosevic Terminated

Stanisic and Milosevic are banned from leaving their places of residence and travelling. The Court has also prohibited the issuance of new passports for the two indictees and banned them from crossing the Bosnian state borders using their personal identification cards only. “The indictees are ordered to report to the concerned Police Station every day,” the State Court’s announcement says. Also, the indictees are banned from meeting each other and witnesses and prohibited from getting less than one hundred metres away from witnesses. In case the indictees violate any of the prohibiting measures, they may be ordered back into custody. Stanisic and Milosevic have been held in custody since June 22, 2012. They are charged with having participated in crimes committed on a dam in Petkovci, near Djulici village, Zvornik municipality, where about 1,000 Bosniak men and boys from Srebrenica were shot in July 1995 after having been captured. The indictment alleges that Stanisic was Commander of the Sixth Battalion of Zvornik Brigade with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, while Milosevic was his Deputy. The trial began in October last year. The presentation of State Prosecution’s evidence is currently underway.