Four former members of the Croatian Defence Forces were sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison for abusing Serb prisoners at the Dretelj detention camp and in Mostar in 1992.
The Trial Chamber has again granted the request of Edib Buljubasic, charged with crimes committed in Dretelj near Capljina, who asked for the dismissal of his attorney.
The continuation of the trial for Dretelj crimes has been postponed until August, as indictee Edib Buljubasic refuses to appear before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH.
As the trial for crimes on Mount Igman, Hadzici municipality, continues, a Prosecution witness says that indictees Nedzad Hodzic and Dzevad Salcin mistreated Serb and Croat captives.
Testifying at the trial of former members of the Croatian Defence Forces, HOS, a Defence witness says that he did not see indictee Srecko Herceg in the Dretelj military barracks.
Applying a decision by the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduces sentences against both Zoran and Goran Damjanovic by four and a half years. Goran Damjanovic is sentenced to six and a half years for war crimes against the civilian population, while his brother Zoran is sentenced to six years.
The new trial will not reconsider the guilt of brothers Goran and Zoran Damjanovic, whose war crimes verdict was quashed because the wrong criminal code was used at their original trial.
The new trial of Goran Damjanovic and Zoran Damjanovic is due to begin on November 21, when the indictment will be read and introductory statements presented. At the same hearing the Court will begin hearing witnesses statements.