The Third Instance Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduced the sentence for Suad Kapic from 17 to 12 years of prison for the crime committed in the territory of Sanski Most in 1995.
The UN Detention Centre in Scheveningen is very unusual. It is quiet and has no smell. There is no noise or odour of sweat or a speck of dirt those were the first impressions of Mikka Sarvela about the UN Detention Unit in The Hague, when he was appointed to the position of warden, 15 months ago.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, announces an appeal against a decision, ordering release of Andrija Bjelosevic and eight other persons, who are suspected of crimes in the Doboj and Teslic area.
Appeals against verdicts for crimes committed in Prozor as well as Stolac and Capljina, are due to be presented before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, next week.
The Bosnian law states that only witnesses who clearly say that they will not be testifying can be fined or detained, while those witnesses who come to the courtroom, but refuse to answer questions, cannot be sanctioned.
The Bosnian Prosecution will appeal a decision by the State court to release Srecko Boskovic from custody, after he was arrested on Monday under suspicion he committed war crime in Zvornik in July 1995.
A witness testifying in defence of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic said there was evidence that a deadly attack on a Sarajevo market was faked to blame the Serbs.
Four former Croatian Defence Council fighters pleaded not guilty to the multiple rapes, torture and sexual abuse of Serb women in Odzak in northern Bosnia in 1992.