An ex-policeman told the trial of Djordje Ristanic, former head of the wartime presidency of the Brcko municipality, that he heard two men from the town being beaten at a Yugoslav People’s Army barracks.
The trial of Djordje Ristanic began with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of the state prosecution’s introductory statement. Ristanic has been charged with crimes against humanity in the municipality of Brcko in 1992.
The appeals chamber of the Brcko district court acquitted Pero Kovacevic of charges that he participated in war crimes in Brcko.
At the end of the Pero Kovacevic retrial, the prosecution called for a verdict of conviction, while the defense called for an acquittal. Kovacevic has been charged with crimes committed in Brcko.
Following the presentation of evidence at the Pero Kovacevic trial, the appeals court of Brcko District has scheduled closing statements for Friday, February 5.
A court expert showed scars on an injured party’s body at the trial of Mensur Peljto, charged with war crimes in the municipality of Brcko.
The Bosnian state court confirmed an indictment against Djordje Ristanic for war crimes committed in the municipality of Brcko in 1992.
Former police officer Dragan Zivkovic was sentenced to one year in prison for abusing and inhumanely treating Bosniak civilians who were detained in Brcko in 1992.
Begzad Kajtazi and Semsudin Pekic have been arrested as per an arrest warrant issued by the state prosecution. They are suspected of war crimes in the Bukvik and Brcko area.