A former detainee told the trial of four Bosnian Serbs accused of beating prisoners in Bileca in 1992 that he was hit almost every day during his time in custody.
The trial of Ahmet Sejdic, wartime commander of the First Visegrad Brigade of the Bosnian Army, who is accused of crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war, opened at the state court.
At the trial of five defendants charged with crimes in the Mostar area in 1993, the state prosecution read a witness statement on the mistreatment of detainees in Meke and Potoci.
An expert witness for the prosecution was cross-examined by the defense at the Mile Puljic trial. Puljic’s defense argued that there was no document indicating that Santiceva Street in Mostar was within the zone of responsibility of the unit commanded by Puljic.
A statement by a deceased witness was read at the trial of five former members of the Bosnian Army charged with crimes in the Mostar area in 1993. In the statement, the witness said defendant Enes Curic was a detention camp manager who sometimes exempted prisoners from forced labour.
Testifying at the trial of Milje Puljic, an expert witness for the prosecution said the defendant had requested that detainees be taken out of the Heliodrom detention camp to perform forced labour. Puljic has been charged with crimes in Mostar.
Statements given by three deceased witnesses were read by the state prosecution at the trial of Mile Puljic, charged with crimes in Mostar. The witnesses described incidents of murder, injury and abuse they experienced while performing forced labour on Santiceva Street in Mostar in 1993.
Testifying at the trial of five former members of the Bosnian Army charged with committing crimes in the Mostar area in 1993, a state prosecution witness said a protected witness known as B was taken out of a school building used as a detention facility several times and raped.
State prosecution witnesses testifying at the Mile Puljic trial described the killing of Heliodrom camp detainees who were brought to Santiceva Street in Mostar by Croatian Defense Council soldiers and forced to work.
A protected witness was examined in a closed hearing at the trial of Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic, charged with wartime rape in the Bihac area. The witness, who was allegedly raped by the defendants, testified again today as per an invitation by the state court.