In this issue:

- Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly in Doboj

More than 2,000 died in the Doboj area in the war but the courts are taking their time in bringing the guilty to justice.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31185/

- Indictment for Kotor-Varos Crimes Confirmed

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms an indictment against Goran Markovic, Ljubisa Vranjes and Mladen Milic for war crimes committed against civilians in Kotor-Varos.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31190/

- Indictment for Kotor-Varos Crimes

The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against Goran Markovic, Ljubisa Vranjes and Mladen Milic for crimes against Croats committed in the Kotor-Varos area.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31160/

- Dragan Crnogorac Ordered into Custody

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina orders Dragan Crnogorac, who is suspected of genocide committed in Srebrenica in July 1995, into custody.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31171/

- Srebrenica Genocide Suspect Arrested

The State Investigation and Protection Agency on Monday arrested Dragan Crnogorac, who is suspected by the State Prosecution of murders committed in Srebrenica in July 1995.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31159/

- New Trial for Stankovic Guards

The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed the first instance verdict by which Ranko Stankovic was sentenced to two years imprisonment for helping convict Radovan Stankovic escape from prison.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31162/

- Vlahovic: Psychiatric Evaluation May be Conducted

The Defence of Veselin ’Batko’ Vlahovic, who is suspected of crimes committed in Grbavica, will request psychiatric expertise if Vlahovic continues to complain about mental problems.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31161/

- Jevic et al: Fleeing Srebrenica

Defence witness Haso Hasanovic, testifying at the trial of four indictees charged with genocide committed in Srebrenica, says that he Bosniaks being shot at the Kravica Agricultural Cooperative in July 1995.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31186/

- Jevic et al: Murders and Screams

At the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, a protected Prosecution witness says that members of the Jahorina Training Center took part in the capture and murder of civilians in July 1995.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31167/

- Dolic: Information Obtained through Friendly Relations

The Defence of Darko Dolic examined two investigators from the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, who said they made some “omissions in their work” on an investigation into rape incidents in Prozor municipality in August 1993.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31188/

- Koricanske stijene: Saved by Ride in White Cargo Truck

A Prosecution witness testifying at the trial for crimes committed at Koricanske stijene says that on Mount Vlasic he saw five buses being separated from the rest of the convoy with which he left for Prijedor.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31191/

- Adamovic and Lukic: No Knowledge about Crimes

Testifying at the trial for crimes committed in the Kljuc area, Defence witnesses say that Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic were not members of the Serbian Democratic Party, SDS.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31174/

- Adamovic and Lukic: Plunder and Robbery

At the trial for crimes committed in the Kljuc area, a former member of the Crisis Committee in Kljuc says the Territorial Defence Headquarters did not mobilize people and had no manpower to perform its functions.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31166/

- Memic et al: No Recollections

A Prosecution witness who was four years old when an attack on Trusina was conducted tells the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina she cannot remember the events of April 1993, but her mother and grandmother told her what happened in the village.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31163/

- Selimovic et al: Words That Will Never Be Forgotten

A Prosecution witness identifies Mehura Selimovic and Adil Ruznic in the courtroom, saying they were “intelligence officers with the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH” who questioned him in Bosanski Petrovac and Bihac in 1995.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31192/

- Ivanovic: Unknown Tasks

A former member of the Second Special Police Squad, testifying in defence of his former colleague Zeljko Ivanovic, says the Squad superiors did not tell them about their future tasks prior to their departure for missions.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31187/

- Week ahead: Preparations for Trials on Srebrenica Crimes

Next week a pre-trial status conference before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is due to take place in the case of Dragan Neskovic and Zoran Ilic, who are charged with crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31204/

-Local Justice - Smajic: Verdict to be Pronounced on November 22

The presentation of evidence at the trial of Izet Smajic before the Cantonal Court in Tuzla has been completed with the examination of witnesses and the presentation of closing arguments by the Prosecution and Defence.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31205/

- Local Justice: Resentful Victims

Former detainees from the Brcko District are dissatisfied with the work of judicial institutions in processing crimes committed against Serbs, saying the cases “have been buried in drawers” for years and “nobody is willing to complete them”.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31207/

- Local Justice: Eight Remains Found in Hadzici

Investigators of the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina have found eight human remains in a newly discovered mass grave in Djurdjevaca, Hadzici municipality.

http://www.bim.ba/en/245/10/31168/

For further information: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network