Relatives of 46 people who disappeared in the Hadzici area after being detained by Bosnian Serb forces during the war in 1992 rallied outside the state prosecutor’s office, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
In a second-instance verdict, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced six defendants for crimes committed against Serb and Croat civilians in the Hadzici area to a total of 42 years in prison.
Mustafa Djelilovic, who was being retried for crimes against Serb and Croat civilian prisoners who were illegally held in detention camps in the Hadzici area of Bosnia during wartime, has died.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Branislav Gavrilovic was charged with ordering the killing of civilians and abusing Bosniak and Croat prisoners in the Ilidza and Hadzici areas in 1992 and 1993.
Almin Djelilovic was 21 when he was seized by Bosnian Serb forces and held in detention camps where he was beaten up and forced to work on the frontlines, carry corpses and loot houses - trying all the while just to survive.
Eight Bosniaks are being retried for committing crimes against Serb and Croat civilian prisoners who were illegally held in detention camps in the Hadzici area during wartime.
Eight Bosniaks launched an appeal against their convictions for committing crimes against Serb and Croat civilians who were illegally held in wartime detention camps in the Hadzici area.
A mass grave has been discovered on Mount Igman near Sarajevo containing human remains that the Bosnian prosecution believes are those of Bosniak war victims who disappeared in 1992.
Bosnia’s Missing Persons Institute told BIRN on Wednesday that it expected more than ten victims’ remains to be found in the recently-discovered grave on Mount Igman, which will now be excavated.
After a six-year trial, the Bosnian court sentenced eight Bosniaks to a total of 60 years in prison for committing crimes against Serb and Croat civilians illegally held in wartime detention camps in Hadzici.
A defence witness at the trial of eight men accused of mistreating wartime detainees in Hadzici said prisoners at the Krupa and Silos military barracks had access to medical care and were not abused.