Case: Lazarevic et al. Archives

The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court reduced sentences against Sreten Lazarevic, Dragan Stanojevic and Slobodan Ostojic, who were found guilty of war crimes in Zvornik. The sentence was reduced based on the criminal code of the former Yugoslavia, which provides more favourable sentencing for perpetrators.

The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court will hand down its verdict in the case of Sreten Lazarevic, Dragan Stanojevic and Slobodan Ostojic on June 9.

The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed down a second instance verdict pronouncing Sreten Lazarevic, Dragan Stanojevic and Slobodan Ostojic guilty and acquitting Mile Markovic of the charges for crimes against civilians committed in Zvornik in 1992. Lazarevic, Stanojevic and Ostojic were pronounced guilty, as reserve policemen with the Public Safety Station, PSS, in Zvornik and guards in the Offence Court and “Novi izvor” buildings in Zvornik, of having treated detained Bosniak civilians in an inhumane manner.

The Defence attorneys for four indictees charged with crimes committed in Zvornik presented their closing arguments at the end of the retrial, contending that the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina had not proved the charges beyond a reasonable doubt and that their clients should be acquitted of all charges.

Presenting its closing arguments at the retrial for crimes committed in the Zvornik area, prosecutors asked the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to find the four indictees guilty of all charges.

The evidentiary phase of the retrial of four defendants charged with the beatings of detainees at two camps in Zvornik concluded with a video review of the original testimony of Mustafa Halilovic.

At the trial for crimes committed in the detention camps in Zvornik, the State Prosecution and Defence of indictee Lazarevic present their closing arguments.

At the trial for Zvornik crimes, the State Prosecution and Defence are engaged in a confrontation over interpretation of the law.

Dragan Stanojevic's Defence examines a witness, who describes the indictee's personality.

A former policeman from Zvornik claims that policemen did not participate in the capture and detention of Bosniaks in "Novi izvor."