The Basic Court of Brcko District acquits former members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nusret Guso and Mirsad Suljagic of the charges for crimes against prisoners of war committed in Brcko municipality in 1994.
Following the presentation of closing statements by the Prosecution and Defence of Nusret Guso and Mirsad Suljagic, the Basic Court of Brcko District schedules the pronouncement of a verdict for Monday, July 15.
Testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic, former chief policeman of Republika Srpska Dragomir Andan says that the political top leaders of Republika Srpska supported him in his fight against paramilitary formations in Bijeljina, Zvornik and Brcko municipalities in the summer of 1992.
As the trial of Galib Hadzic and Nijaz Hodzic before the Brcko District Basic Court continues, the Prosecution reads statements given by five deceased witnesses, who spoke about the examination and mistreatment of prisoners in Bukvik village in 1992.
A plea hearing in the case of Boban Pop Kostic before the Basic Court of Brcko District has been postponed, because the indictee fails to appear at the hearing.
The Appellate Court of Brcko District confirms a first instance verdict, under which Ivan Stjepanovic, former member of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, was acquitted of participating in war crimes in the Brcko area.
As the trial of Mirsad Suljagic and Nusret Guso continues, court medicine expert Nera Kravic-Prelic says that injured party Branko Radenkovic shows signs of extreme anxiety and personality tension accompanied by noticeable loss of identity.
Three bodies of men, who went missing in Brcko and Zvornik municipalities during the war in 1992, have been identified at the Commemorative Centre in Tuzla. Omer Krndic was found at Donje Glumine, Zvornik municipality, while the body of Nedzad Halilovic was discovered at Gustera, Zvornik municipality.
Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the few women tried in Bosnia for war crimes, has been convicted of torturing and abusing detention-camp prisoners in Brcko and jailed for four years.
The prosecution urged a conviction for Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the only women being tried in Bosnia for war crimes, but the defence said she wasnt guilty of torturing detention camp inmates.