War crime cases involving a large number of defendants have been on hold for more than a year because of measures imposed to prevent large gatherings spreading the coronavirus, raising concerns that justice is suffering as a result.
Judge Azra Miletic appeared before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and pleaded not guilty to charges of accepting a bribe. Defendants Senad Sabic and Ramo Brkic, whom the indictment charges with having given the bribe, pleaded not guilty as well.
Mustafa Djelilovics defense presented documents indicating that the wartime presidency, headed by Djelilovic, sought to protect the interests of Bosniak detainees in Hadzici.
A former prisoner of the Bileca detention camps testifying before the Bosnian state court described the mistreatment he and other prisoners experienced during his six months of detention.
Ex-soldier Dragan Samardzija, accused of participating in attacks on Bosniak villages near Kljuc that left hundreds dead, did not appear for a plea hearing because he was having treatment in Belgrade.
The Bosnian State court has sentenced former Iraqi volunteers Abduladhim Maktouf again to five years in prison for crimes in Travnik, after a retrial and application of the more lenient Criminal code of the former Yugoslavia.