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The trial of former police chief Mirko Vrucinic, charged with crimes in the Sanski Most area, continued with testimony from a state prosecution witness and former Sanski Most prisoner. The witness said he was beaten and tortured in several buildings. He also said he was tortured by having his hands placed in boiling water on Sanski Most police premises.

Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in Hadzici, a defense witness said he served as a policeman in the area and never heard any negative comments about defendant Fadil Covic.

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.

The state prosecution filed an indictment against former fighters Miroslav Hrstic, Ivan Medic, Miljenko Nogolica and Tonco Raic for crimes against Serb victims in the Dretelj detention camp in 1992.

A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of five former Bosnian Army members said he was ordered to perform forced labour while being detained in a school in Potoci near Mostar.

The basic court of Brcko District has scheduled the start of the Mirsad Ahmetbasic trial for Monday, April 4. Ahmetbasic has been charged with crimes against civilians and prisoners of war.

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 state court has sentenced Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian Nicolae Vintila to three and two years in prison for crimes committed in the former Viktor Bubanj barracks in Sarajevo.

The trial of five defendants charged with crimes committed in the Vitez area in 1993 will begin on Monday, March 14.

Former prisoner Ado Alagic was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison after admitting assaulting two fellow Bosniak inmates at the Dretelj detention camp in 1993.

Detention Camps

Former Sanski Most Prisoner Describes Torture at Vrucinic Trial

Fadil Covic Wouldn’t Have Allowed War Crimes, Witness Says

Former Rabic Prisoner Describes Beating by Almaz Nezirovic

Bosnian Croat Fighters Indicted for Dretelj Camp Crimes

Witnesses Describe Forced Labor of Detainees Held in Potoci School

Ahmetbasic Trial Begins April 4

Former Derventa Prisoners Describe Abuse at Almaz Nezirovic Trial

Former Bosniak Prison Personnel Avdovic and Vintila Sentenced for War Crimes

Trial for Vitez Crimes Begins March 14

Bosniak Detainee Jailed for Beating Fellow Inmates

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