Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official imposed a ban on the glorification of war criminals and urged municipal authorities to remove murals of convicted offenders like Ratko Mladic – but many have ignored him.
Former Bosnian Serb Army company commander Rade Macura pleaded not guilty to failing to punish subordinates who abused and shot civilian prisoners in the Gradiska area in 1992.
An unnamed former Bosnian Serb Army company commander was arrested on suspicion of failing to punish his subordinates for killing several Bosniak civilians in the Gradiska area during the war in 1992.
Former Bosnian Serb fighter Zeljko Jovic was sentenced to ten years in prison for involvement in the killings of five Bosniak civilians in the north-western Gradiska municipality in 1992.
Testifying in his own defense, Zeljko Jovic told the district court of Banja Luka that he saw dead bodies and witnessed the rape of a woman in August 1993, but didn’t participate in any criminal activity.
The District Court in Banja Luka has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb policeman to eight years of prison for the murder of three Bosniak civilians in August 1992.
Testifying at the trial of Mirko Popovic, who is charged with crimes in Bosanska Gradiska, Prosecution witness Ferid Begovic says that an acquaintance of his told him that he saw the indictee with three Bosniak boys, who were later killed.
Witness Hava Husedzinovic says before the District Court in Banja Luka that she recognised Mirko Popovic by his voice, adding that he killed her son Aldo and two other boys.
The trial of Mirko Popovic, who is charged with crimes in Gradiska, is due to begin on June 13, as decided at a preparatory hearing held at the District Court in Banja Luka.
The District Prosecution in Banja Luka calls on the Court to sentence Radivoje Tendzeric and Dragoslav Stanic for war crimes against civilians committed in Gradiska in 1993, while the Defence calls for a verdict of release.