6. February 2024.
The Bosnian court rejected a challenge to the verdict acquitting Spomenko Novovic and Borislav Pjano of involvement in the illegal detention and killing of Bosniak civilians in the Foca area during the war in 1992.
Foca
3. August 2023.
In the new edition of TV Justice we’ll be talking about crimes committed in Foca during the war, which are commemorated in August. In the spring and summer of 1992, members of the non-Serb population were held in detention facilities, raped, killed and deported. More than 600 people who went missing during that period are still being looked for, and surviving victims and people who returned to Foca after the war are struggling to overcome its legacy without the support of the authorities.
16. December 2020.
Spomenko Novovic and Borislav Pjano were arrested on suspicion that they committed crimes against humanity, including the murders of Bosniak civilians, in the Foca area during the war in 1992.
12. December 2019.
The State Prosecution has filed an indictment against Marko Kovac, resident of Kragujevac, Serbia, charging him with crimes against humanity in the Foca area.
5. September 2018.
Bosnia's state prosecution has filed an indictment against Slobodan Curcic, now residing in Montenegro, charging him with crimes against Bosniaks in the Foca area during the 1992-5 war in Bosnia.
29. March 2018.
Testifying at the rape trial of former Bosnian Serb serviceman Milomir Davidovic, the first witness described how a soldier sexually assaulted her while she was a captive in Foca in 1992.
Protected witness S-1, who testified with her face and voice disguised, told Milomir Davidovic’s trial at the Bosnian state court on Thursday how she was raped in an apartment in the south-eastern town of Foca in July 1992.
28. March 2018.
Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Sasa Curcic was arrested on suspicion of raping and sexually abusing a Bosniak victim in the south-eastern town of Foca during wartime in 1992
Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency on Wednesday arrested Sasa Curcic, who is suspected of committing a crime against humanity in the Foca area in the summer of 1992.
The state prosecution suspects that Curcic, in his capacity as a Bosnian Serb Army soldier, raped and sexually abused his Bosniak victim using threats and force.
12. October 2017.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Zarko Vukovic was sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a woman several times in Foca in 1992.
The state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday found ex-serviceman Zarko Vukovic guilty of raping a woman in Foca in eastern Bosnia.
20. October 2016.
Police arrested former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Zarko Vulovic on suspicion that he committed crimes against humanity against Bosniak civilians in Foca in 1992.
State Investigation and Protection Agency police officers arrested Vulovic on Wednesday under an order from the state prosecution, which suspects him of involvement in crimes against humanity against Bosniak civilians.
20. September 2016.
The defence lawyer for former Bosnian Serb soldier Krsto Dostic called for him to be acquitted of rape in the Foca area in 1992, while the court set the verdict for October 6.
Presenting his closing statement on Monday, defence lawyer Milenko Vojo Radovic said the prosecution had not proved Dostic’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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