Former warden Branko Vlaco was sentenced to 15 years in jail for crimes against humanity for abusing non-Serb prisoners at detention camps in Vogosca near Sarajevo in 1992.
Abduladhim Maktouf, an Iraqi who fought alongside the Bosnian Army during the 1992-95 conflict, will be retried after the original verdict sentencing him to five years in jail was annulled.
Abduladhim Maktouf, an Iraqi who fought alongside the Bosnian Army during the 1992-95 conflict, will be retried after the original verdict sentencing him to five years in jail was annulled.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, proposed merging cases against Goran Vujovic and Miroslav Duka and the case against Nedjeljko Kuljic and Zeljko Ilic, considering the fact that all four of them are indicted for crimes in Bileca in 1992.
Due to the replacement of one member of the Trial Chamber, the trial for crimes committed in the Hadzici area begins anew by admitting evidence presented previously.
At a status conference held due to a replacement of one member of the Trial Chamber sitting in the case for crimes committed in the Hadzici area, the parties agreed that witnesses, who have already been examined, will not be invited to appear before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, again.
Witnesses told the trial for wartime crimes at Bosnian Serb detention camps in Vogosca near Sarajevo that guards and soldiers abused and sexually assaulted prisoners held there in 1992.
Former Croatian Defence Council troops Veselko Raguz and Ivo Raguz were cleared of illegal arrests, abuse and torture of civilians in the area around Stolac and Capljina in 1993.
As announced at a hearing held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aziz Aganovic, who is suspected of crimes committed in Rogatica, died on January 11, so the proceedings against him will be discontinued.