17. March 2016.
The war crime trial of former Bosnian Army serviceman Samir Bejtic, which has restarted four times and lasted over 12 years, could cost the state more than 1.5 million euros, his lawyer claimed.
City: Sarajevo
16. March 2016.
Next week’s verdict in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic will be a judicial landmark but cannot heal the lasting divisions of wartime.
11. March 2016.
Problems with getting witnesses to court have reduced the amount of time that former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic’s defence has to prepare its closing statements at the Hague Tribunal.
9. March 2016.
Testifying at the retrial of Samir Bejtic, a prosecution witness said a statement he gave about a killed civilian was untrue and given under coercion. Bejtic has been charged with crimes in Kazani near Sarajevo.
9. March 2016.
The Bosnian state court has fined attorney Bajro Cilic 3,000 BAM for being in contempt of the court at a trial dealing with wartime crimes committed in the Livno area. Cilic as removed from the courtroom and the examination of a state prosecution witness was interrupted upon his expulsion.
8. March 2016.
The UN’s Human Rights Committee said Bosnia and Herzegovina violated the rights of widow Sakiba Dovadzija because it failed to prosecute those responsible for the enforced disappearance of her husband.
2. March 2016.
Injured party Mladen Blagovcanin was examined as a defense witness at the trial of Mario Frimel. Frimel has been charged with crimes committed in Sarajevo. Responding to questions from the prosecution during cross-examination, he said Frimel was one of the persons who beat him in the Hrasno neighbourhood of Sarajevo.
1. March 2016.
Testifying at the Ratko Mladic trial, defense witness Per Oien confirmed that an investigation undertaken by UN military observers couldn’t determine who fired a grenade that killed and wounded several citizens at the Markale Market in Sarajevo during the summer of 1995.
26. February 2016.
Some war crime trials held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been postponed for several months due to absence of witnesses, various procedures or illness of defendants.
26. February 2016.
The state court has sentenced Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian Nicolae Vintila to three and two years in prison for crimes committed in the former Viktor Bubanj barracks in Sarajevo.
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