Former prisoners testified about unhygienic conditions and malnourishment at a military prison in Ljubuski where they were detained in 1993 and 1994.
At the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness for Fadil Covic said he hadn’t heard any negative things about him or defendant Mirsad Sabic.
Testifying in defense of Fadil Covic, a witness said people detained in the Silos detention facility weren’t responsible for the disappearance of Bosniak men from the Hadzici area. The witness said they served as a guarantee that some information on the missing would be obtained.
Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with wartime crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness said families of the missing in Hadzici were against the exchange of prisoners held in the Silos detention facility in 1992 and early 1993. He said they were against the exchange of prisoners because they had no information on their missing family members.
Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici, a defense witness said he heard “Juka’s units” used to beat prisoners held in the Silos detention facility.
Testifying at the trial of eight defendants charged with wartime crimes in the Hadzici area, a defense witness said only Serbs who possessed weapons and represented a security threat were detained in the Pazaric and Tarcin area.
A defense witness testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosniak military and police formations charged with war crimes in the municipality of Hadzici. Testifying in Fadil Covic’s defense, the witness, who worked on his farm in Pazaric during the war, said he was arrested on May 24, 1992 and was released on the same day by the defendant.
The trial of eight former members of Bosniak military and police formations charged with war crimes in the Hadzici area continued with the presentation of material evidence by Mustafa Djelilovic’s defense.
The defense of Mustafa Djelilovic, a former Bosniak fighter charged with prisoner abuse in Hadzici, presented material evidence on official military and police functions and problems related to prisoner exchanges.
A military expert testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosnian military and police forces charged with war crimes in Hadzici. The expert said the municipality of Hadzici was of strategic importance for the security of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bakir Alispahic, the former head of the Sarajevo public safety center, testified at the trial of eight former members of Bosnian military and police forces charged with war crimes in Hadzici.
A former minister in the Bosnian wartime government testified in defense of Mustafa Djelilovic. He said the wartime Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the only institution which could have solved the issue of Serb prisoners held in the Silos detention facility in Hadzici. Djelilovic and seven other defendants have been charged with war crimes against detained civilians in the Hadzici area.