Case: Akeljic et al. Archives

The Bosnian appeals court upheld a verdict convicting four former Bosnian Army military policemen of physically and sexually abusing Croat civilians at a detention facility in the village of Kruscica near Vitez in 1993. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Friday upheld the verdict sentencing ex-soldiers Minet Akeljic, Saban Haskic, Senad Bilal and Hazim Patkovic to a total of 27 years in prison for crimes against civilians in the village of Kruscica in 1993.

Four former Bosnian Army soldiers appealed against their convictions for crimes against Bosnian Croat civilians at a detention facility in the village of Kruscica, near Vitez in 1993. Defence lawyers for Bosniak ex-soldiers Minet Akeljic, Saban Haskic, Senad Bilal and Hazim Petkovic appealed at the Bosnian state court on Thursday to have the verdict convicting them overturned, or a retrial held.

Four former members of the Bosnian army were jailed on Tuesday for a combined total of 27 years for crimes against Bosnian Croat civilians in the village of Kruscica, near Vitez, during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.

A defence lawyer in the case against five former Bosniak soldiers accused of abusing Croat prisoners at a detention facility in the Vitez area in 1993 asked the Bosnian court for an acquittal verdict. In his closing statement to the state court in Sarajevo on Monday, a lawyer for one of the five former Bosnian […]

At the trial of eight Serb ex-soldiers and police officers for an attack on Bosniak civilians in Lokanj near Zvornik in 1992, a prosecution witness said a police colleague told him local residents killed the victims. Prosecution witness Raco Jovanovic, a former policeman with the Interventions Unit of the Public Security Station in Ugljevik, […]

A prosecution witness at the trial of Jovan Tintor for crimes against humanity said the defendant, who was head of the Serb Crisis Committee in Vogosca in 1992, called for the municipality to be divided.

At the trial of five former policemen and an ex-soldier for crimes against Bosniaks and Croats in the Kotor-Varos area, a prosecution witness said he was beaten up by one of the defendants.

The trial of former Bosnian Army members Minet Akeljic, Saban Haskic, Senad Bilal, Hazim Patkovic and Semsudin Djelilovic began with a reading of the indictment and the state prosecution’s opening statements. The defendants have been charged with committing war crimes against Croat civilians and prisoners of war in Kruscica in the municipality of Vitez.

The trial of five defendants charged with crimes committed in the Vitez area in 1993 will begin on Monday, March 14.

The Bosnian court confirmed the indictment of former military policemen Mine Akeljic, Saban Haskic, Senad Bilal, Hazim Patkovic and Semsudin Djelilovic for alleged wartime crimes in the Vitez area.

Case: Akeljic et al.

Bosnian Army Ex-Military Policemen Jailed for Abusing Croats

Bosnian Army Ex-Troops Appeal Convictions for Crimes Against Croats

Four Jailed for Crimes Against Bosnian Croat Captives

Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers Call for Prisoner Abuse Acquittal

Local Serbs ‘Killed Bosniaks in Lokanj Revenge Attack’

Local Serb Leader ‘Wanted to Divide Vogosca’

Detainee Recalls Beating by Kotor-Varos Policeman

Vitez War Crimes Trial Has Begun

Trial for Vitez Crimes Begins March 14

Indictment for Vitez Crimes Confirmed

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