City: Sarajevo Archives

On Thursday, January 21, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict against Dzevad Salcin, a former member of the Zulfikar Squad of the Bosnian Army. Salcin has been charged with cutting off part of a prisoner’s ear and beating a group of prisoners on Mount Igman in 1993.

The trial of state court judge Azra Miletic and defendant Ramo Brkic began with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of introductory statements at the state court. Miletic has been accused of accepting a bribe from Brkic and another defendant, Senad Sabic.

Presenting its closing statement, Iulian-Nicolae Vintila’s defense said the state prosecution had not offered any evidence which indicated the defendant was guilty and called for an acquittal. Vintila and the other defendant in the trial, Ramiz Avdovic, have been accused of committing war crimes in Sarajevo.

The Mario Frimel trial has been postponed due to the defendant’s failure to appear at today’s hearing. Frimel has been charged with war crimes in Sarajevo.

The Bosnian state prosecution announced that it filed 195 indictments against 431 individuals in the past year, the highest number in its history.

Defendant Milkan Gojkovic testified before the cantonal court of Sarajevo today in a closed hearing.

Testifying on behalf of the cantonal prosecution of Sarajevo, four witnesses at the Dusko Dabetic trial were examined today in a closed hearing.

As the tenth year of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIRN BiH) comes to a close, the organization looks back on a year of reporting on war crimes trials, revealing nepotism in judicial institutions and monitoring how these institutions handle their expenditures and budgets.

The trial of Samir Bejtic was postponed after both the prosecutor and defense attorney failed to appear at today’s hearing at the cantonal court of Sarajevo. Bejtic has been charged with committing war crimes in Kazani, near Sarajevo.

The trial of Dusko Dabetic was postponed after witnesses failed to appear at today’s hearing at the cantonal court of Sarajevo. Dabetic, a former Bosnian Serb fighter, has been charged with wartime rape in the Grbavica neighbourhood of Sarajevo.

City: Sarajevo

Verdict in Dzevad Salcin Trial Next Week

Trial of State Court Judge Azra Miletic Begins

Vintila Defense Presents Closing Statement, Verdict of Release Requested

Mario Frimel Trial Postponed Due to Defendant’s Absence

State Prosecution Announces Best Results in its History

Milkan Gojkovic Testifies, Hearing Closed to Public

Closed Hearing Held in Dusko Dabetic Trial

A Decade of Success Stories at BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bejtic Trial Postponed, Prosecutor and Defense Attorney Fail to Appear in Court

Dusko Dabetic Trial Postponed, Witnesses Fail to Appear in Court

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