Mustafa Djelilovic Defense Presents Material Evidence on Wartime Hadzici

Mustafa Djelilovic, Fadil Covic, Mirsad Sabic, Nezir Kazic, Becir Hujic, Halid Covic, Serif Mesanovic and Nermin Kalember have been charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici. The indictment alleges they were members of military and police authorities, as well as managers or guards in detention camps, such as the Silos detention facility.

They have been charged with the unlawful detention, inhumane treatment, physical abuse and mental suffering of Serb detainees. They’ve also been charged with taking detainees to other locations to perform forced labour.

At today’s hearing, Edina Residovic, Djelilovic’s defense attorney, presented findings reached by a military court expert, maps depicting plans for Serbian expansion and Yugoslav National Army buildings in Hadzici as well as documents on the establishment and organization of the Bosnian Serb Army.

Residovic also presented evidence on the internal organization of the Serbian Democratic Party in the Hadzici area, as well as documents indicating cooperation between the Serbian Democratic Party and Bosnian Serb military forces during the first half of 1992.

Documents indicating the strategic importance of Tarcin and Pazaric and a list of Serb prisoners to be exchanged on October 21, 1992 were included in the case file. Djelilovic’s defense also presented documents which indicated who had authority over detainees in Silos and Krupa, as well as documents that indicated numerous agreements on exchanges were violated.

Djelilovic’s defense also presented evidence related to the discovery of weapons in Serb houses in the Hadzici area, as well as documents on refugee and humanitarian needs in the municipality of Hadzici in 1992.

Djelilovic’s defense has included a total of 597 pieces of material evidence in the case file. It will continue presenting material evidence on January 14, 2016.