28. December 2015.
Following the signing of a guilty-plea agreement, the Cantonal Court in Bihac sentenced Safet Kovacevic to one year in prison for mistreating prisoners of war in 1995.
Person: Begic Husein
18. May 2015.
The Bosnian state prosecution called upon the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to order a longer sentence against Safet Kovacevic for war crimes committed in Bihac and Cazin, and to rescind the release of two other defendants. The defense teams claim the appeals are unfounded, and requested that the court reject the appeals.
9. July 2014.
The cantonal court in Bihac sentenced ex-Bosnian Army soldier Safet Kovacevic to 18 months in prison for abusing Bosnian Serb prisoners of war in March 1995, while four of his comrades, Husein Begic, Muhamed Anadolac, Abid Ljubijankic and Sabahudin Hafuric, were acquitted.
16. May 2014.
A witness at the trial of five Bosniak military policemen, charged with crimes against prisoners of war in northern Bosnia in 1995, said detainees who were being set free were beaten first.
18. April 2014.
Dokazni postupak Optube protiv petorice vojnih policajaca 5. korpusa Armije BiH (ABiH) optuenih za ratni zloèin protiv ratnih zarobljenika zavren je pred Kantonalnim sudom u Bihaæu sasluanjem vjetaka i ulaganjem materijalnih dokaza.
21. March 2014.
Testifying at the trial of five former members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, who are charged with crimes in Bihac and Cazin, a forensic expert explains that he filtered a video recording of the exchange of prisoners, which is used as one of the pieces of evidence at this trial.
28. February 2014.
The Cantonal Court in Bihac interrupts the examination of a Prosecution witness at the trial of five indictees, who are charged with having beaten prisoners of war in March 1995, due to an existence of the fear that he might expose himself to criminal prosecution by answering the questions.
4. February 2014.
The Trial Chamber of the Cantonal Court in Bihac interrupts the examination of Prosecution witness Dzevad Mahmutovic in order to appoint a legal counselor to assist him.
17. January 2014.
Testifying at the trial of five indictees, who are charged with crimes in Bihac and Cazin, two Bihac Cantonal Prosecution witnesses confirm that they participated in an exchange on March 11, 1995, when 30 former members of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, were physically and mentally mistreated.
9. January 2014.
Testifying at the trial of five indictees, who are charged with crimes in the Bihac and Cazin areas, before the Cantonal Court in Bihac, Prosecution witnesses say that they found out about the mistreatment of prisoners in a bus after the opening of the investigation.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.