City: Rogatica Archives

Former Bosnian Army serviceman Emir Drakovac was sentenced to 14 years in prison for participating in the murder and mutilation of a civilian and the torture of a Serb soldier in 1992. The state court in Sarajevo on Tuesday sentenced Emir Drakovac to a total of 14 years in prison for committing crimes including murder and torture in the village of Vratsalici in the Rogatica municipality and Zebina Suma in the Foca municipality in 1992.

Two former reservist policemen and a Bosnian Serb Army ex-serviceman were charged with involvement in capturing and killing Bosniak civilians in the Rogatica area in 1992 and 1993. The Bosnian prosecution issued an indictment on Tuesday charging Dragan Lubarda and Ozren Planojevic, both former members of the reservist police force in Rogatica, and Zdravko Lubarda, a former Bosnian Serb Army soldier, with crimes against humanity.

At the trial of ten former policemen for wartime crimes in the town of Janja, a prosecution witness said that his father up was beaten up by the police in November 1993, and later died.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Brane Planojevic went on trial for the murder and torture of civilians and prisoners of war at a detention facility in Rogatica from 1992 to 1995. The trial of Brane Planojevic opened on Thursday at the state court in Sarajevo with the reading of the indictment charging the ex-soldier with murdering, torturing and assisting in the rape of prisoners held at a detention centre at the Rasadnik farm in Rogatica.

Eight former Bosnian Serb Army troops were acquitted of crimes against humanity including expulsions and murders in the Rogatica area in September 1992. The Bosnian state court on Tuesday acquitted former soldiers Radomir Markovic, Mile Kusic, Dragan Bozovic, Sasa Perkovic, Radomir Gluhovic, Pero Radovic, Ilija Vukasinovic and Milos Vukasinovic of crimes against humanity.

Former Bosnian Serb police officer Milisav Ikonic told the state court that he was not guilty of raping women in Rogatica during the war in 1992. “Your honors, I never raped anyone.

In its closing statements, the defence of former Bosnian Serb officer Radomir Markovic asked for him to be cleared of killings Bosniaks and pillaging homes in villages in Rogatica in 1992. Markovic’s defence lawyer Zorana Carkic told the court in Sarajevo on Tuesday that the prosecution had not proved that her client committed the crimes listed in the indictment and called for his acquittal.

The district court of Eastern Sarajevo ordered a new expert evaluation of the injured party at the trial of three defendants charged with crimes Rogatica. According to the charges, the injured party was wounded and his father was killed by the defendants.

An additional state prosecution witness testified at the trial of eight former Bosnian Serb Army members charged with war crimes in Karacici. The witness confirmed she was present during the exhumation and identification of the mortal remains of her parents and two relatives in the village of Karacici in the municipality of Rogatica.

Testifying at the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters charged with crimes in Rogatica, a protected state prosecution witness said she was raped along with a protected witness known as S3 near a church house in June 1992. S3 was a minor at the time. The witness also said a protected witness known as N1 was raped on the same night.

City: Rogatica

Bosnian Soldier Jailed for Murder, Torture, Mutilation

Bosnia Indicts Serb Fighters for Rogatica Attack

Bosniak’s Father ‘Fatally Assaulted’ by Janja Police

Bosnian Serb Soldier Tried for Killing Rogatica Prisoners

Eight Bosnian Serb Soldiers Cleared of Rogatica Crimes

Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Denies Rogatica Rape

Bosnian Serb Officer Urges Rogatica Crimes Acquittal

Another Attempt at Expert Evaluation of Witness in Rogatica Crimes Trial

Witness Describes Exhumation of Parents Killed in Karacici Attack

Witness Describes Rape of Bosniak Women in Rogatica by Former Fighters

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