In a second-instance verdict, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced six defendants for crimes committed against Serb and Croat civilians in the Hadzici area to a total of 42 years in prison.
At the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness for Fadil Covic said he hadn’t heard any negative things about him or defendant Mirsad Sabic.
Testifying in defense of Fadil Covic, a witness said people detained in the Silos detention facility weren’t responsible for the disappearance of Bosniak men from the Hadzici area. The witness said they served as a guarantee that some information on the missing would be obtained.
Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with wartime crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness said families of the missing in Hadzici were against the exchange of prisoners held in the Silos detention facility in 1992 and early 1993. He said they were against the exchange of prisoners because they had no information on their missing family members.
Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness said he heard “Juka’s units” used to beat prisoners held in the Silos detention facility.
Bakir Alispahic, the former head of the Sarajevo public safety center, testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosnian military and police forces charged with war crimes in Hadzici.
A former minister in the Bosnian wartime government testified in defense of Mustafa Djelilovic. He said the wartime Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the only institution which could have solved the issue of Serb prisoners held in the Silos detention facility in Hadzici. Djelilovic and seven other defendants have been charged with war crimes against detained civilians in the Hadzici area.
On the second day of his testimony, Zvonko Maric said there was resistance to the exchange of Serb detainees who were held in the Silos detention facility in the municipality of Hadzici.
A defense witness testifying at the trial of eight former Bosniak fighters charged with war crimes in the Hadzici area said Refo Tufo decided to open the Silos detention facility in May 1992.
A defense witness testifying at the trial of eight former Bosniak fighters charged with war crimes in the Hadzici area said Refo Tufo decided to open the Silos detention facility in May 1992.