The appellate chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduced Mirsad Sijak’s unified sentence of two war crimes by two months.

The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, sentences Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak to seven years in prison each for having raped one person in Vares.

Ex-security officer Muhidin Basic and ex-military policeman Mirsad Sijak appealed against the seven-year sentences they were given for raping a Croat woman at a prison in Vares in 1994.

During the nine-month trial, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove the guilt of Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak, who are indicted for war crimes of rape in...

Presenting its closing statement, the Defence of Mirsad Sijak calls for a verdict of release, saying that the Prosecution has not proved his guilt for rape committed in Vares in...

Presenting its closing statement, the defence of Muhidin Basic has called for the acquital saying that the prosecution has failed to prove that the defendant is guilty of rape in...

During the continuation of the trial for crimes in Vares witness Rifet Alihodzic says that he drove protected witness A in January 1994, but he “did not notice anything unusual...

During the continuation of the trial for crimes in Vares in 1994, an additional State Prosecution witness, who prepared findings about the injured party’s health condition in 2009, says that...

Testifying in his defence, indictee Mirsad Sijak says that, after having been wounded in his lower limbs and genitals in January 1994, he underwent a medical treatment for one month,...

Testifying in defence of indictee Mirsad Sijak, who is on trial, along with Muhidin Basic, for rape in 1994, a witness says that the indictee was wounded in his lower...