The Defence of Ramiz Avdovic, who is charged with crimes in Sarajevo, presents evidence in order to prove that the indictee was not responsible for releasing detainees to liberty.
Military expert of defence told the trial for crimes in Sarajevo that defendant Iulian-Nicolae Vintila had no power over conditions in the barracks "Viktor Bubanj", where prisoners were held.
Ramiz Avdovic was not appointed to a function that included any command responsibilities, says a military expert at the trial for crimes committed in Sarajevo.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo, witness Dzevad Topic, known as Topa, says that he assumes that indictee Ramiz Avdovic was on duty on the fifth floor of the Central Prison, where Serb detainees were held.
A part of the trial for crimes in Sarajevo has been discontinued due to a risk of self-incrimination of witness Dzevad Topic, who will be assigned a legal counsellor at the next hearing.
As the trial for crimes in Sarajevo continues, the Defence of Ramiz Avdovic presents material evidence with which it wants to prove that military police of the Territorial Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested Sarajevo citizens in 1992 and had an authority to release them to liberty.
As the trial for crimes in Sarajevo continues, the Defence of Ramiz Avdovic introduces material evidence with which it wants to prove that the Higher Court in Sarajevo participated in ordering suspects into custody and processing them at the beginning of the armed conflicts.
Testifyin at the trial for crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo, a Defence witness says that he used to see the indictees in the "Viktor Bubanj” military barracks, but he did not notice that guards mistreated detainees.
By interrogating more than 40 witnesses and by presenting more than 200 pieces of material evidence over the last two years, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina argued that Ramiz Avdovic and Iliuan-Nicolae Vintila committed crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo.
Testifying on his own behalf, defendant Ramiz Avdovic said he was a guard only for a short period of time in the Viktor Bubanj army barracks, because he was assigned with other jobs, and that he was not even present in the Central Prison in 1992.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo, a court expert in medicine says that witness Stana Kekic is not capable of coming to court and testifying.
The trial of Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian-Nicolae Vintila, who are charged with crimes committed in Sarajevo, continues with the presentation of 50 pieces of State Prosecution evidence.