Former Croatian Defence Council fighter Almaz Nezirovic, convicted of war crimes against Serb civilians who were abused in a detention camp in Derventa in 1992, had his jail sentence increased to six years.
Former Croatian Defence Council fighter Almaz Nezirovic was sentenced to two years in prison for war crimes against Serb civilians who were abused in a detention camp in Derventa in 1992.
The Bosnian state court on Thursday found Almaz Nezirovic guilty of the inhumane treatment of 22 Serb civilians detained at the Rabic detention camp in Derventa from the end of April 1992 to the end of June.
At the trial of former Croatian Defence Council fighter Almaz Nezirovic for alleged torture and inhumane treatment of detained Serb civilians, a witness said the defendant beat him several times.
Witnesses told the trial of former Croatian Defence Council fighter Almaz Nezirovic, accused of abusing prisoners in Derventa and Bosanski Brod, that the defendant beat them with a rubber baton.
Testifying at the trial of Almaz Nezirovic, Marko Markovic said that he, his father, and cousin and were taken away from their homes and sent to the Yugoslav National Army Center on May 11, 1992. He said they spent three days in the center before being transferred to the Rabic military hangar.
State prosecution witnesses testifying at the trial of Almaz Nezirovic said the defendant beat them in the Rabic detention camp in the municipality of Derventa. Nezirovic has been charged with crimes committed in 1992.
The first state prosecution witnesses to testify at the Almaz Nezirovic trial said the defendant beat them during their imprisonment in the Rabic detention camp.
The trial of Almaz Nezirovic, who is charged with war crimes against Serb civilians in the Derventa and Bosanski Brod area, has begun before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The start date of the Almaz Nezirovic trial will be set at a later date, due to a prior obligation of the defendant’s defense attorney. Nezirovic has been charged with war crimes in Derventa and Bosanski Brod.