The Defence of Musajb Kukavica requests the third instance Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to quash a verdict under which he was sentenced to four years in prison for crimes in Bugojno.
Alija Osmic, who was sentenced to three years in prison for having committed crimes against prisoners of war in Bugojno in 1993 and 1994, has been released conditionally.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentences Senad Dautovic to seven and Nisvet Gasal and Musajb Kukavica to four years each for having committed crimes against Croat prisoners in Bugojno in 1993 and 1994.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina postpones the pronouncement of verdicts against indictees, who are charged with crimes in Bugojno and the Kljuc area.
Three Bosniaks said they should be acquitted of war crimes against Croats who were detained and imprisoned in a makeshift jail at a football stadium in the town of Bugojno.
Continuing the presentation of its closing statement, the Defence calls for a verdict of release against Senad Dautovic, claiming that the indictee is a victim of politics.
The court was urged to convict three Bosniaks who are being retried for war crimes at a detention centre in a stadium in Bugojno in central Bosnia where Croat prisoners were abused.
Closing arguments at the trial of three men accused of abusing prisoners in a stadium in Bugojno were postponed after the Bosnian prosecution amended the indictment, five years after the trial began.
The trial of Vehid Subotic, former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, who is charged with crimes in Zenica during 1993, is due to begin next week, on Friday, September 6.
The retrial of Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica and Senad Dautovic for crimes against Bosnian Croats in Bugojno in 1993 started with introductory statements.