Case: Mujcinovic and Hrustic Archives

The Bosnian state court rejected a request to overturn the war crimes conviction of Bosniak ex-soldier Zurahid Mujcinovic for abusing Serb prisoners in Srebrenik in the country’s north-west.

Former soldier Zurahid Mujcinovic asked the state-level court to overturn his war crimes conviction for abusing Serb prisoners in Srebrenik in north-west Bosnia because new evidence has emerged.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina dismissed the prosecutions motion for retrial of Zurahid Mujcinovic, previously convicted to eight years of prison for war crime committed in Srebrenik. The prosecution has launched a new investigation into these crimes.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms a first instance verdict, under which Zurahid Mujcinovic was sentenced to eight years in prison for crimes committed in Srebrenik.

In an appeal against the verdict in the case of Zurahid Mujcinovic for crimes committed in Srebrenik, a Defence Counsel has asked that the accused be acquitted or a new trial set, stressing that the accused is the victim of a rigged investigation and that he was never in the Youth Centre in Rapatnica nor did he torture the detainees.

During the nine-month trial, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove that Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic committed war crimes in Srebrenik, which is denied by their Defences, who consider the indictment as unfounded.

The Bosnian State Court has sentenced ex Bosnian army soldier to eight years in prison for the inhumane treatment of Serb civilians in Srebrenik, while his co-defendant was freed.

Presenting their closing statements, indictees Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic, who are charged with crimes in the Srebrenik area, and their Defence teams call for a verdict of release.

As the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that the last witness at the trial of Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic could not be examined due to health reasons, the presentation of evidence was completed and presentation of closing statements scheduled for September.