21. October 2015.
The Bosnian state court rejected a request to overturn the war crimes conviction of Bosniak ex-soldier Zurahid Mujcinovic for abusing Serb prisoners in Srebrenik in the country’s north-west.
Person: Mujcinovic Zurahid
7. September 2015.
Former soldier Zurahid Mujcinovic asked the state-level court to overturn his war crimes conviction for abusing Serb prisoners in Srebrenik in north-west Bosnia because new evidence has emerged.
19. May 2015.
A state prosecution witness who testified at the trial of Ekrem Ibracevic, Faruk Smajlovic and Sejdalija Covic said he found about an attack on a prisoner from guards at the Rapatnica detention center.
28. March 2014.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina dismissed the prosecutions motion for retrial of Zurahid Mujcinovic, previously convicted to eight years of prison for war crime committed in Srebrenik. The prosecution has launched a new investigation into these crimes.
17. May 2013.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms a first instance verdict, under which Zurahid Mujcinovic was sentenced to eight years in prison for crimes committed in Srebrenik.
28. March 2013.
In an appeal against the verdict in the case of Zurahid Mujcinovic for crimes committed in Srebrenik, a Defence Counsel has asked that the accused be acquitted or a new trial set, stressing that the accused is the victim of a rigged investigation and that he was never in the Youth Centre in Rapatnica nor did he torture the detainees.
3. October 2012.
During the nine-month trial, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove that Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic committed war crimes in Srebrenik, which is denied by their Defences, who consider the indictment as unfounded.
2. October 2012.
The Bosnian State Court has sentenced ex Bosnian army soldier to eight years in prison for the inhumane treatment of Serb civilians in Srebrenik, while his co-defendant was freed.
13. September 2012.
Presenting their closing statements, indictees Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic, who are charged with crimes in the Srebrenik area, and their Defence teams call for a verdict of release.
23. August 2012.
As the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that the last witness at the trial of Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic could not be examined due to health reasons, the presentation of evidence was completed and presentation of closing statements scheduled for September.
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