Former soldier Ilija Vukasinovic was awarded over 3,500 euros for the mental distress he suffered during 199 days of house arrest before he was cleared of committing crimes against humanity.
Ex-soldier Ilija Vukasinovic is suing Bosnia and Herzegovina for the mental distress he allegedly suffered during 199 days of house arrest before he was cleared of committing crimes against humanity in Rogatica.
Eight former Bosnian Serb Army troops were acquitted of crimes against humanity including expulsions and murders in the Rogatica area in September 1992.
The Bosnian state court on Tuesday acquitted former soldiers Radomir Markovic, Mile Kusic, Dragan Bozovic, Sasa Perkovic, Radomir Gluhovic, Pero Radovic, Ilija Vukasinovic and Milos Vukasinovic of crimes against humanity.
In its closing statements, the defence of former Bosnian Serb officer Radomir Markovic asked for him to be cleared of killings Bosniaks and pillaging homes in villages in Rogatica in 1992.
Markovic’s defence lawyer Zorana Carkic told the court in Sarajevo on Tuesday that the prosecution had not proved that her client committed the crimes listed in the indictment and called for his acquittal.
An additional state prosecution witness testified at the trial of eight former Bosnian Serb Army members charged with war crimes in Karacici. The witness confirmed she was present during the exhumation and identification of the mortal remains of her parents and two relatives in the village of Karacici in the municipality of Rogatica.
Mile Kušić je optužen zajedno s Radomirom Markovićem, Draganom Božovićem, Sašom Perkovićem, Radomirom Gluhovićem, Perom Radovićem te Ilijom i Milošem Vukašinovićem, da su, u okviru širokog i sistematičnog napada, u periodu od aprila do septembra 1992. učestvovali u napadu i ubistvima počinjenim nad nesrpskim civilnim stanovništvom.
Testifying at the trial of eight former Bosnian Serb soldiers charged with crimes in the Rogatica area in 1992, a defense witness said she hadn’t heard of military operations in the village of Karacici.
The trial of eight former members of the Bosnian Serb Army charged with crimes against humanity in the Rogatica area in 1992 has been postponed, due to the poor health of one of the defendants.
A forensic expert testifying at the trial of eight former members of the Bosnian Serb Army described his findings related to remains exhumed in the village of Karacici in the municipality of Rogatica.
The state prosecution presented four pieces of material evidence at the trial of eight former members of the Bosnian Serb Army charged with war crimes in the Rogatica area. The evidence included an official document titled “The strictest warning to the Rogaticka Brigade.”