Bosnian justice minister Barisa Colak admitted that the country had not gone far enough to meet its goals in prosecuting people suspected of crimes committed during the 1992-95 conflict.
The verdict against Edin Dzeko, who is charged with crimes against Croats in Trusina village, near Konjic and Jablanica, is due to be pronounced on June 6, the Trial Chamber announced following the presentation of the Defences closing statement.
Nihad Bojadzic told the trial for crimes in Trusina (Konjic municipality) that he has never participated in action with Rasema Handanovic, convicted for the execution of six Croats in Trusina.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms that Damir Lipovac is one of the two persons who were arrested in the Netherlands on Thursday, May 8 due to crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH.
Indictees Nedjeljko Kuljic and Zeljko Ilic are due to appear before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina next week in order to enter their plea to the charges that they committed crimes in Bileca in 1992.
As announced by the Trial Chamber at a status conference, the Defence of Nihad Bojadzic, who is charged with crimes in Jablanica, is due to examine its first witnesses on May 22.
The defence for former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko, charged with executing six Croats in 1993, said that witnesses who accused him of the killings were lying to avoid prosecution.
Nihad Bojadzic, the former deputy commander of the Bosnian Armys Zulfikar Squad, said that he was not told about an attack on the village of Trusina, where 22 Croats were killed.
Testifying at the trial of Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, who are charged with genocide in Srebrenica in July 1995, a State Prosecution witness answers most of the questions by saying: I do not remember.