Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the few women tried in Bosnia for war crimes, has been convicted of torturing and abusing detention-camp prisoners in Brcko and jailed for four years.
The prosecution urged a conviction for Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the only women being tried in Bosnia for war crimes, but the defence said she wasnt guilty of torturing detention camp inmates.
Wartime detainees in Bosnias Brcko District have opened a memorial room containing over 1,000 photographs and documents showing crimes against civilians committed in 1992.
The Basic Court of Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed an indictment against P.K.B. due to a suspicion that he committed crimes against civilians in Luka detention camp.
The continuation of the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic, who is charged with crimes in the Brcko area, continues behind closed doors due to a possibility that a witness could be re-traumatised.
The first witness testifying at the trial of Asmir Tatarevic and Armin Omazic says he was physically mistreated, mostly by members of the Croatian Armed Forces, HOS, during his detention in Gornji Rahic, Brcko municipality, in 1992.
The trial of Asmir Tatarevic and Armin Omazic, who are charged with crimes against the civilian population and prisoners of war in the Brcko area, begins anew before the Basic Court of Brcko District.
The trial of Monika Karan-Ilic was postponed because of the non-appearance of Halid Konjic, a witness for the Brcko District Prosecutors Office. The Trial Chamber issued an order so that he could give testimony at the next hearing.
Andjelka Arnautalic, whose son was killed at the start of the war has started a hunger strike in front of the Brcko District Prosecution, demanding the authorities arrest those responsible for this crime.
At the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic for war crimes committed in Brcko, the Elementary Court in Brcko rejected a proposal by the Prosecution to read three witness testimonies.