Dzihad Kovacevic, a defense witness testifying at a trial for crimes allegedly committed by Bosnian forces in Kladanj, said that he felt endangered by the armed residents of Serb villages in that area.
Responding to the Defence's cross-examination questions at the trial for crimes in Trnovo, a State Prosecution witness says that Serb units were not dominant in comparison to Muslim forces in that town in 1992, and that he has not heard about massacres against Bosniak civilians.
As announced by the Trial Chamber at a status conference, the presentation of evidence by the Defence of eight indictees, who are charged with crimes in the Kladanj area, is due to begin on January 23.
Legal experts and judicial officials have criticised the state prosecution for raising indictments for individual war crimes, reducing complex and wide-ranging attacks to a series of more minor incidents.
The Bosnian Court has started discussions on introducing a second shift to prosecute war crimes given that the State Prosecution has raised a record number of indictments this year, BIRN has learned.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, and Defence present their appeals, before the Appellate Chamber of the Court of BiH, against a first instance verdict, under which Edin Dzeko was sentenced to 12 years in prison for crimes in Trusina village, Konjic municipality.
No one has ever been charged with making a threat against witnesses even though the witnesses themselves complain about the threats that they are receiving and that this is often the reason the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina orders war crimes suspects into custody.
On Friday, September 19 the District Court in Doboj is due to pronounce a verdict against brothers Esad and Dervis Cavalic for crimes against Serb civilians in Derventa.
Defence lawyers for Nihad Bojadzic, former deputy commander of the Bosnian Armys Zulfikar Squad, accused of a deadly attack on the village of Trusina, claimed the judges were biased.