The hearing at which an appeal should have been presented after the verdict to Novak Djukic was quashed for the crimes committed in Tuzla was adjourned again.
The Defence of Novak Djukic, who was released from the prison sentence for the wrong application of criminal code, asked for the removal of the Trial chamber and the president of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is why the presentation of appeals were postponed.
Former Commander of the Ozren Tactical Group with the Republika Srpska Army Novak Djukic was released from prison after the Bosnian Constitutional court revoked a verdict under which he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes in Tuzla.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, accepts, due to the wrong application of law, an appeal filed by Novak Djukic who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having committed a crime in Tuzlanska Kapija.
Relatives of Bosnian Serbs killed during wartime demonstrated in Sarajevo, claiming prosecutions and searches for missing people are carried out unjustly.
About 400 Tuzla residents have filed suits with the Attorney General's Office of Republika Srpska, seeking compensation for suffering caused by the shelling on May 25, 1995.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed the first instance verdict by which Novak Djukic was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment for the shelling of Tuzla in May 1995.
The Appellate Chamber of the State Court rejected the appeals filed by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Novak Djukic’s Defence, saying they were groundless, and confirmed the first instance verdict in its entirety.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and representatives of injured parties address the Court calling for a long prison sentence for Novak Djukic.