24. July 2020.
Ibro Merkez, a wartime police chief in the Bosnian town of Gorazde, was found not guilty on appeal of the unlawful detention and inhumane treatment of Serb civilian prisoners in 1992.
Person: Bogunic Predrag
25. October 2019.
Ibro Merkez, a police chief in the Bosnian town of Gorazde during wartime, was sentenced to two years in prison for unlawfully detaining and mistreating Serb civilians in 1992.
The state court in Sarajevo on Friday found Ibro Merkez guilty, as the former chief of the police’s Public Security Station in Gorazde, of unlawfully detaining Serb civilians and treating them in inhumanely manner between the middle of July 1992 and August 4 the same year.
12. September 2019.
The defence lawyer for Ibro Merkez, a wartime police commander in Gorazde on trial for involvement in unlawfully detaining, abusing and killing Serb civilians in 1992, said he should be acquitted.
4. July 2019.
The prosecution urged the Bosnian state court to convict former local police chiefs Ibro Merkez, Predrag Bogunic and Esef Huric of unlawfully detaining, abusing and killing Serb civilians in Gorazde in 1992 and 1993.
In its closing statement at the state court in Sarajevo on Thursday, the prosecution said it had proved that former police officers Ibro Merkez, Predrag Bogunic and Esef Huric were guilty of unlawful detention, murder, inhumane treatment and the deprivation of the right to a fair trial between July 1992 and February 1993.
25. February 2016.
The trial of Ibro Merkez, Predrag Bogunic and Esef Huric for crimes against Serb civilians in Gorazde will open on March 24.
11. January 2016.
The Bosnian state court has confirmed an indictment against Ibro Merkez, Predrag Bogunic and Esef Huric, charging them with war crimes against Serb civilians in the Gorazde area.
28. December 2015.
The prosecution charged three former policemen with involvement in the illegal detention and inhumane treatment of over 100 Serb civilians in Gorazde during wartime, some of whom died.
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