Three former Bosnian Serb fighters were sentenced to a total of 63 years over the executions of Bosniak civilians outside a mosque in the village of Carakovo near Prijedor in 1992.
Due to the defendants illness, the Trial Chamber separated the case against Zulfikar Alispago from the case against other five persons charged with crimes committed in Trusina, the municipality of Konjic.
At the trial for crimes on Mt Igman, a Bosnian prosecution witness said that defendant Nedzad Hodzic hit prisoners with a wooden stick and abused them in other ways in 1993.
After having accepted a revised indictment against Edin Dzeko, former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is charged with crimes in Konjic and Jablanica, the Trial Chamber schedules the presentation of State Prosecutions closing statement for April 8.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Mount Igman, Hadzici municipality, a State Prosecution witness requests the prosecutor to avoid some questions, if possible, because he received a letter, instructing him not to speak about that.
Veselin Vlahovic, alias Batko, has appealed against his lengthy sentence for a campaign of murder, rape, torture and robbery against Bosniaks and Croats in Sarajevo in 1992.
Testifying in their defence, Velemir Djuric and Zoran Babic, who are charged with crimes in Prijedor, say that they were not present in Carakovo village where men were shot in front of a local mosque in July 1992.
As agreed at a status conference held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the trial of Vitomir Rackovic, who is charged with crimes in Visegrad, is due to begin on February 12.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina files a motion, requesting the extension of prohibiting measures against eight indictees, who are charged with crimes in Kotor-Varos, while the Defence teams object to the proposed ban on witnesses and indictees meeting each other, because the ban would disturb their preparations for defence.