Case: Puljic Mile Archives

Former Croatian Defence Council battalion commander Mile Puljic was acquitted on appeal of committing crimes against humanity by allowing the abuse of prisoners in the Mostar area in 1993 and 1994. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Thursday acquitted Mile Puljic, former commander of the Second Battalion of the Croatian Defence Council’s Second Brigade, of crimes against humanity.

The verdict acquitting former Croatian Defence Council commander Mile Puljic, who was cleared of crimes against prisoners in Mostar in 1993 and 1994, was quashed and a retrial ordered.

Former Croatian Defence Council battalion commander Mile Puljic was acquitted of crimes against humanity as prosecutors failed to prove he allowed his subordinates to use prisoners as forced labour and human shields in Mostar.

At a trial for crimes in Srebrenica, a prosecution witness said that the defendant, Bosnian Serb ex-officer Srecko Acimovic, refused to send troops to assist in the killings of Bosniaks in July 1995. Prosecution witness Dragan Stjepanovic told the state court on Wednesday that in July 1995 he was a commander of a division with the Second Battalion of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Zvornik Brigade and that defendant Acimovic was its chief.

An expert witness testified for the prosecution at the trial of Mile Puljic, charged with crimes in Mostar. The witness said he drew upon reports issued by the Intelligence and Security Service (OSA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) when discussing the defendant’s zone of responsibility in his findings.

An expert witness for the prosecution was cross-examined by the defense at the Mile Puljic trial. Puljic’s defense argued that there was no document indicating that Santiceva Street in Mostar was within the zone of responsibility of the unit commanded by Puljic.

Testifying at the trial of Milje Puljic, an expert witness for the prosecution said the defendant had requested that detainees be taken out of the Heliodrom detention camp to perform forced labour. Puljic has been charged with crimes in Mostar.

Statements given by three deceased witnesses were read by the state prosecution at the trial of Mile Puljic, charged with crimes in Mostar. The witnesses described incidents of murder, injury and abuse they experienced while performing forced labour on Santiceva Street in Mostar in 1993.

A state prosecution witness testifying at the Mile Puljic trial said he was a minor when he was detained at the Heliodrom detention camp and forced to perform forced labour at various locations. He said he was forced to work until he was wounded on Santiceva Street in Mostar in August 1993.

State prosecution witnesses testifying at the Mile Puljic trial described the killing of Heliodrom camp detainees who were brought to Santiceva Street in Mostar by Croatian Defense Council soldiers and forced to work.

Case: Puljic Mile

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Bosnian Croat Officer’s Crimes Against Humanity Acquittal Quashed

Bosnian Croat Commander Cleared of Prisoner Abuses

Bosnian Serb Officer ‘Tried to Stop Srebrenica Murders’

Intelligence Sources Confirm Expert Witness Findings in Mile Puljic Trial

Expert Witness at Puljic Trial Calls Croatian Defense Council a “Quasi-state” Entity

Puljic Requested Forced Labour of Heliodrom Prisoners, Expert Witness Says

Statements by Deceased Witnesses Read at Mile Puljic Trial

Former Heliodrom Prisoners Describe Abuse and Forced Labour at Mile Puljic Trial

Heliodrom Detainees Killed While Working on Santiceva Street

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