The defense of Zeljko Stanarevic began its presentation of evidence by examining three witnesses. Stanarevic has been charged with war crimes in the Bihac area.
A protected state prosecution witness testifying at the Jovan Popovic trial said the defendant was present when her father was abducted from his house in Rodica Brdo, Visegrad, in May 1992.
Five prosecution witnesses testifying at the Mile Puljic trial described the death of detainees from the Heliodrom detention camp who were forced to work on Santiceva Street in Mostar in 1993.
The first defense witness testified at the trial of Adil Vojic and Besir Mesic, describing the events that occurred in front of injured party D-1’s house on May 1, 1994. According to the state prosecution, the defendants raped D-1 that night.
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court was asked to repeal a portion of the Josip Tolic verdict which acquitted him for seven counts in the indictment. Tolic’s defense has called for a shorter prison sentence or a confirmation of the acquittals. Tolic has been sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes in Bosanski Brod and Odzak.
Ron Haviv, an American photographer who documented some of the most brutal murders of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, believes that life in this country is still intolerable and disappointing.
Novica Tripkovics defense attorney was ordered to obtain permission from the Hague tribunal in order to invite a protected witness known as S5 to testify at the trial.
A former prisoner of the Bileca detention camps testifying before the Bosnian state court described the mistreatment he and other prisoners experienced during his six months of detention.
Testifying at the trial of Mato Condric, a witness for the prosecution said soldiers and civilians of all nationalities were detained at the Polet football stadium.