City: Bileca Archives

Former Bosnian Serb policemen Goran Vujovic, Miroslav Duka and Zeljko Ilic were sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison for crimes against humanity in Bileca in 1992. The Bosnian state court found Vujovic, Duka and Ilic guilty on Friday of taking part in the abuse and torture of Bosniak and Croat civilians at the police station in Bileca and in a student dormitory in the southern town.

At the trial of four former Bosnian Serb soldiers, a prosecution witness said that he was abused and tortured with electric shocks at a local barracks in the town of Bileca in 1992. Witness Marinko Pazin told the state court on Tuesday that he was arrested and taken from Rotimlje near Stolac to Bileca, where he was abused in a classroom in the barracks in May 1992.

The defence lawyer for Zeljko Ilic, one of three former policeman accused of crimes against humanity in the Bileca area in 1992, called for his client to be acquitted.

Statements by relatives of people kidnapped from a train in Strpci in February 1993 and later killed said they first heard of the abductions through the media.

A witness testifying in defense of Miroslav Duka said he was told that paramilitary soldiers had apprehended Bosniaks and took them to the Bileca police station in June 1992. Duka, Goran Vujovic and Zeljko Ilic have been charged with war crimes in Bileca.

At the trial of three defendants charged with war crimes in Bileca, the defense of Miroslav Duka included 23 pieces of material evidence in the case file. The evidence included a statement given by a deceased witness, who said no one was taken away or mistreated in the village of Zausje.

Defense witnesses testifying at the trial of three former Bosnian Serb policemen said they didn’t see defendant Miroslav Duka when a group of Bosniaks was apprehended in front of the Bileca police station.

The Bosnian state prosecution demanded a longer jail sentence for Vitomir Rackovic, who has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for crimes committed in Visegrad under a first instance verdict. In a written appeal, Rackovic’s defense asked the court to either acquit him of charges or repeal the verdict.

A defense witness testifying at the trial of three former Bosnian Serb policemen said defendant Miroslav Duka and his reserve police company were on a battlefield from June to December 1992, the time period of his alleged crimes.

Testifying in defense of Miroslav Duka, a witness said he didn’t notice injuries on Bosniak prisoners in a prison in Bileca.

City: Bileca

Bosnian Serb Ex-Policemen Jailed for Abuse and Torture

Witness Recalls Electric Shock Torture in Bileca

Policeman’s Lawyer Urges Bileca Prisoner Abuse Acquittal

Strpci Victims’ Relatives ‘Heard about Abductions via Media’

Paramilitary Forces Arrested Bosniak Men, Says Former Trebinje Police Chief

Duka’s Defense Presents Material Evidence

Unknown Perpetrators Arrested Bosniaks in Bileca Area, Witnesses Claim

State Prosecution Demands Longer Jail Sentence for Rackovic

Duka on Battlefield During Alleged Crimes, Defense Witnesses Say

Duka Defense Witness Says He Didn’t See Injuries on Bileca Prisoners

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