Ratko Adzic, one of wartime Serb leaders from Ilijas, says at Ratko Mladics trial that Bosniaks and Croats were not deported from Ilijas municipality during the Bosnian war.
At the trial for wartime crimes at detention camps in Vogosca near Sarajevo, a witness said defendant Branko Vlaco decided which prisoners did hard labour or served as human shields.
At the trial for crimes committed in Vogosca, a witness for the prosecution said he was held captive in Planjina Kuca in 1992, where he regularly saw Branko Vlaco.
On Wednesday, March 27 the Hague Tribunal is due to pronounce a verdict against Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin, who are charged with persecutions and other crimes against the non-Serb population.
About 200 people from Ilijas were killed in spring 1992 following a Bosnian Serb assault on the town and surrounding villages and over 50 remain missing. Yet almost no one has yet been held responsible.
The presentation of evidence at the trial of Srpko Pustivuk, who is charged with crimes against civilians in Ilijas municipality in May 1992, has been completed with the examination of the last witnesses of the State Courts Chamber.
A witness testifying in defence of Srpko Pustivuk, who is charged with crimes in Ilijas, says that police neither planned nor conducted an attack on Gornja Bioca village in late May 1992.
The State Prosecution completes the presentation of evidence at the trial of Srpko Pustivuk, who is charged with crimes in the Ilijas area, with the examination of its last witnesses and presentation of material evidence.
State Court says it will pay for only one defence lawyer per war-crimes case in future. Attorneys say the move will inevitably affect the quality of the service they can offer.
Appearing at a trial for crimes committed in Ilijas, State Prosecution witnesses say that after the murder of two neighbours, other Bosniaks were detained in a school building in Gornja Bioca village and then transferred to various detention camps.