Croatian Defence Council
Bosnian Croats Retried for Wartime Abuse of Bosniak Prisoners
The retrial of wartime prison officers Ivan Kraljevic, Mato Jelcic, Stojan Odak, Vice Bebek, Vinko Radisic, Slavko Skender and Dragan Milos, who are accused of abusing detainees at the Military-Investigative Prison in Ljubuski, opened at the Bosnian state court on Monday.
Bosnian Croat War Criminal’s Plea for Early Release Rejected
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals said that it has rejected an appeal for early release from Miroslav Bralo, a former member of the 'Jokers' anti-terrorist unit of the Croatian Defence Council, the wartime Bosnian Croat force.
Bosnian Croat Hague Tribunal Convict to be Buried
Drago Josipovic, who served a sentence for his participation in an attack on the village of Ahmici in April 1993 in which over 100 Bosniaks were killed, was due to be buried on Monday afternoon at a Catholic cemetery in Vitez in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Josipovic died on Saturday at the age of 65.
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Bosnia Indicts 13 War Suspects on Last Day of 2019
The Bosnian state prosecution issued a series of indictments on Tuesday charging wartime former members of the Bosnian Army, the Bosnian Serb Army, the Croatian Defence Council and Serb-led Territorial Defence and reservist police forces with a variety of crimes.
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War Suspect Demands Extradition from Serbia to Bosnia
Former fighter Osman Osmanovic, who was detained at the Serbian border on November 23 and remanded in custody for a month, should be sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina to face charges, his lawyer Mirsad Crnovrsanin told BIRN on Wednesday.
Bosnian Serb Police Accuse Bosniak Commanders of War Crimes
The police department in Trebinje announced on Tuesday that it has sent a criminal complaint to the state prosecution accusing wartime commanders Zulfikar Alispago and Nezim Halilovic of crimes against Serb and Croat civilians in the Konjic area in 1992 and 1993.
Bosnia Halts Extradition of Croat Ex-Fighter after Victim Dies
The procedure to extradite former Croatian Defence Council fighter Robert Kovacic from the United States on suspicion that he committed war crimes has been suspended because the investigation has been discontinued due to a lack of evidence after the victim and witness to the crime died, BIRN has learned.
Commanders Go Unpunished for Killings in Bosnia’s Konjic
"The mortal remains of my mother and sister could have fitted into two nylon bags. I identified my late mother on the basis of several pieces of a dress that she wore," Buturovic recalled.
Bosnian Army Officer Rejects Responsibility for Croats’ Killings
Enver Buza's defence urged the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Tuesday to acquit him, arguing that his responsibility for the killings of Bosnian Croats in the village of Uzdol in the Prozor municipality in 1993 had not been proved during the trial.
Bosnian Ex-Prisoners to Mourn Victims of Notorious ‘Bone Hospital’
Former prisoners will lay flowers at a ceremony on Sunday to commemorate the suffering of Bosniak civilians held by Bosnian Croat forces at the Kostana Hospital in Stolac in 1993, an event organised by the Association of Camp Prisoners of Stolac.