The state prosecution announced at a status conference that negotiations on an admission of guilt for crimes committed in the Prijedor area had begun, as per an initiative taken by the defense of Dragoja Zmijanjac.
The Bosnian state court has confirmed an indictment against Ahmet Sejdic, charging him with crimes committed against the civilian population and prisoners of war in the municipalities of Rudo, Visegrad and Gorazde.
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court confirmed a verdict sentencing Josip Tolic to ten years in prison for crimes committed in Bosanski Brod and Odzak.
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court confirmed a verdict which sentenced Slavko Savic to eight years in prison for crimes committed in Semizovac, near Sarajevo.
Testifying at the trial of five former members of Bosnian Serb police forces, a protected state prosecution witness said he saw a convoy of buses filled with Srebrenica civilians in front of the Zvornik police station mid-July 1995. He said the civilians travelled in the convoy with their heads down.
Legal experts said a referendum in Bosnia’s Serb-led entity Republika Srpska questioning the authority of the state court and prosecution would not weaken the state judiciary but would destabilise the country.
Five individuals suspected of war crimes committed in the Capljina area were arrested in the Ljubuski, Siroki Brijeg, Capljina and Mostar areas, as per a warrant issued by the state prosecution.
Testifying at the trial of Zeljko Stanarevic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army charged with crimes committed in the Bihac area, a defense witness said he hadn’t heard of wartime murders in Ripac.