15 April 2016
Defence lawyers for Muhidin Basic, who was convicted of raping a woman in Vares in 1994, have asked the court to quash the verdict and order a retrial because they have found new evidence.
17 April 2014
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, sentences Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak to seven years in prison each for having raped one person in Vares.
5 November 2013
Ex-security officer Muhidin Basic and ex-military policeman Mirsad Sijak appealed against the seven-year sentences they were given for raping a Croat woman at a prison in Vares in 1994.
25 December 2012
Presenting its closing statement, the Defence of Mirsad Sijak calls for a verdict of release, saying that the Prosecution has not proved his guilt for rape committed in Vares in 1994. The Trial Chamber has set the pronouncement of verdict for January 18.
4 December 2012
During the continuation of the trial for crimes in Vares witness Rifet Alihodzic says that he drove protected witness A in January 1994, but he “did not notice anything unusual on her”.
20 November 2012
During the continuation of the trial for crimes in Vares in 1994, an additional State Prosecution witness, who prepared findings about the injured party’s health condition in 2009, says that commission members were unanimous concerning the assessment.
13 November 2012
Testifying in his defence, indictee Mirsad Sijak says that, after having been wounded in his lower limbs and genitals in January 1994, he underwent a medical treatment for one month, adding that he is a collateral damage in this case and that he does not know why injured party A accused him of rape.
6 November 2012
Testifying in defence of indictee Mirsad Sijak, who is on trial, along with Muhidin Basic, for rape in 1994, a witness says that the indictee was wounded in his lower limbs and genitals in January that year.
2 October 2012
A witness testifying in defence of Muhidin Basic at the trial for crimes in Vares in 1994 recalls that she did not complete her work on a case related to the assessment of work ability in 2009.
12 September 2012
Testyfing in his own defence, Muhidin Basic told the Bosnian State Court that he did not rape the protected witness A in Vares in 1994.
4 September 2012
As the trial of Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak for crimes in Vares in 1994 continues, a Defence witness says that Basic did not examine the dismissed Mayor Taib Gogic on January 25, 1994.
28 August 2012
Testifying in defence of Muhidin Basic, a witness says that he was hiding in the indictee’s house for about 15 days in 1992, adding that the indictee was a decent man.
3 July 2012
Testifying in defence of Muhidin Basic at the trial of the indictees who are charged with crimes in Vares, a witness says that, in 1994 he took a statement from witness A, who said that the indictee asked for money in turn for releasing her brother from prison.
12 June 2012
As the trial of Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak for crimes in Vares continues, a State Prosecution witness says that, after having been in psychotherapy for one year, witness A said that she was raped by “Basic and Sijak”.
22 May 2012
As the trial for crimes in Vares continues, a State Prosecution witness says that he found out, 15 years later, that indictees Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak raped his wife during the war.