17. March 2016.
The war crime trial of former Bosnian Army serviceman Samir Bejtic, which has restarted four times and lasted over 12 years, could cost the state more than 1.5 million euros, his lawyer claimed.
Albina Sorguč
16. March 2016.
Presenting its closing statement, the state prosecution called upon the state court to find Zoran Bjelica and Novica Tripkovic guilty of crimes in the Kalinovik area and sentence them in accordance with the law.
15. March 2016.
A state prosecution witness testified at the trial of five former Bosnian Serb police officials charged with participating in the Srebrenica genocide. The witness, Mile Vuksic said he guarded buses in Bratunac, where Bosniaks from Srebrenica were transported.
14. March 2016.
A witness testifying in defense of Miroslav Duka said he was told that paramilitary soldiers had apprehended Bosniaks and took them to the Bileca police station in June 1992. Duka, Goran Vujovic and Zeljko Ilic have been charged with war crimes in Bileca.
11. March 2016.
The trial of former police chief Mirko Vrucinic, charged with crimes in the Sanski Most area, continued with testimony from a state prosecution witness and former Sanski Most prisoner. The witness said he was beaten and tortured in several buildings. He also said he was tortured by having his hands placed in boiling water on Sanski Most police premises.
10. March 2016.
Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in Hadzici, a defense witness said he served as a policeman in the area and never heard any negative comments about defendant Fadil Covic.
8. March 2016.
Testifying at the trial of five defendants charged with participating in the Srebrenica genocide, a prosecution witness and former military policeman said he saw dead bodies in Bratunac after residents of Srebrenica had been brought to a school building on July 13, 1995.
7. March 2016.
Defense witnesses testifying at the trial of Milenko Krsmanovic said injured party Muhidin Kapo was apprehended in the Sokolac police station for his own safety. The witnesses said the police protected him from local residents. Krsmanovic has been charged with crimes in the Sokolac area.
4. March 2016.
Testifying at the trial of three defendants charged with crimes in the Cajnice area, defense witnesses said they hadn’t heard that the defendants were associated with the disappearance of the Medosevic family until their arrest and the beginning of their trial.
3. March 2016.
The state prosecution has filed an indictment against Sasa Curguz, charging him with crimes against the Bosniak population in the Bihac area in the summer of 1992.
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