Zijad Hamzic, who was acquitted of wartime crimes against Serbs in the Kladanj area, is suing the state for 7,860 euros in compensation because he was put under house arrest and barred from travelling.
A defense witness testified at the trial of Osman Gogic and six other defendants charged with war crimes in the Kladanj area. The witness confirmed that injured party Velimir Celic was in the village of Brloski Potok in June 1992. He said he didn’t know what happened to him when he went to his sister’s home.
Defendant Osman Gogic testified in his own defense at the trial of seven defendants charged with crimes in the Kladanj area. He denied knowing injured parties Velimir and Milos Celic. According to the charges against him, Gogic abused Velimir Celic at the public safety station in Kladanj in June 1992.
Testifying in defense of Nedzad Hodzic, witness Zdravko Martinovic said the defendant saved his life in August 1992. Martinovic said Hodzic intervened when his ID was being checked at a checkpoint near Djurdjevik in the municipality of Zivinice.
Testifying in defense of Nedzad Hodzic before the state court, Rado and Vojka Andric said the defendant helped them when they lived in a building protected by the police in Stupari in the municipality of Kladanj. They said they hadn’t heard that the defendant had been involved in any wrongdoing.
Defense witnesses testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the Kladanj area said defendant Ramiz Halilovic helped persecuted Serb civilians.
Two defense witness testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the Kladanj area said the military police didn’t participate in the arrest of Serbs or search their houses.
Two witnesses testifying in defense of Zijad Hamzic described the transportation of Serb civilians from Lupoglavo to the village of Stupari in June 1992.
Two defense witnesses testifying at the trial of former members of the police, military police and Territorial Defense in the Kladanj area, said Zijad Hamzic wasn’t in the village of Lupoglavo on June 7, 1992, the date he allegedly abused a civilian.
A defense witness said Zijad Hamzic didn’t abuse civilians captured by Territorial Defense soldiers in Lupoglavo on June 7, 1992. Hamzic and others have been charged with war crimes in Kladanj.