4. April 2016.
The Bosnian state court wants to try former Croatian Defence Council major-general Zlatan ‘Mijo’ Jelic for wartime crimes against civilian prisoners who were forced to work on the front-line in Mostar.
City: Mostar
16. March 2016.
At the trial of five defendants charged with crimes in the Mostar area in 1993, the state prosecution read a witness statement on the mistreatment of detainees in Meke and Potoci.
9. March 2016.
An expert witness testified for the prosecution at the trial of Mile Puljic, charged with crimes in Mostar. The witness said he drew upon reports issued by the Intelligence and Security Service (OSA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) when discussing the defendant’s zone of responsibility in his findings.
2. March 2016.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of five former Bosnian Army members said he was ordered to perform forced labour while being detained in a school in Potoci near Mostar.
2. March 2016.
An expert witness for the prosecution was cross-examined by the defense at the Mile Puljic trial. Puljic’s defense argued that there was no document indicating that Santiceva Street in Mostar was within the zone of responsibility of the unit commanded by Puljic.
22. February 2016.
Former prisoner Ado Alagic was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison after admitting assaulting two fellow Bosniak inmates at the Dretelj detention camp in 1993.
17. February 2016.
A statement by a deceased witness was read at the trial of five former members of the Bosnian Army charged with crimes in the Mostar area in 1993. In the statement, the witness said defendant Enes Curic was a detention camp manager who sometimes exempted prisoners from forced labour.
10. February 2016.
Testifying at the trial of five former members of the Bosnian Army charged with war crimes in Mostar, a medical expert said a group of prosecution witnesses are in poor health and might find it difficult to testify.
3. February 2016.
Testifying at the trial of Milje Puljic, an expert witness for the prosecution said the defendant had requested that detainees be taken out of the Heliodrom detention camp to perform forced labour. Puljic has been charged with crimes in Mostar.
27. January 2016.
Statements given by three deceased witnesses were read by the state prosecution at the trial of Mile Puljic, charged with crimes in Mostar. The witnesses described incidents of murder, injury and abuse they experienced while performing forced labour on Santiceva Street in Mostar in 1993.
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