A state prosecution witness said Gligor Begovic beat him, his father, and other detainees held at the Batkovic detention facility, and that his father died as a result of his injuries.
Testifying at the Gligor Begovic trial, state prosecution witness Mirsad Buljugic said he was repeatedly beaten by Begovic during his detainment at the Batkovic detention camp.
Protected witnesses at the Gligor Begovic trial said that the defendant beat them several times during their detainment at the Batkovic detention camp.
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Gligor Begovic, charged with crimes allegedly committed at the Batkovic detention camp in Bijeljina in 1992, failed to appear in court today due to bad weather conditions.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Batkovic detention camp, a State Prosecution witness says that Gligor Begovic beat him several times during the course of his detention.
Recent decisions by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to close war crimes trials to the public in order to protect the private life of the indictees, has faced strong condemnation from victims representatives and NGOs.
The first State Prosecution witness, testifying at the trial for crimes in Batkovic detention camp, says that Gligor Begovic beat him up every day during his two-and-a-half month detention in that facility.