Miodrag Stojanovic

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier’s Wartime Rape Acquittal Challenged

The District Public Prosecution in East Sarajevo has filed an appeal against the verdict clearing Milenko Gojgolovic of beating and raping a female detainee at the Susica detention camp in Vlasenica in June 1992.

Gojgolovic was a member of the Territorial Defence force in Vlasenica, which was then renamed the Vlasenica Light Infantry Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army's Drina Corps.

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Acquitted of Raping Prisoner

Ex-soldier Milenko Gojgolovic's lawyer Miodrag Stojanovic told BIRN on Wednesday that the District Court in East Sarajevo acquitted his client "due to a lack of evidence".

Gojgolovic was a member of the Territorial Defence force in Vlasenica and later became a member of the Vlasenica Light Infantry Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army's Drina Corps.

Ratko Mladic’s Health Deteriorating, His Lawyers Claim

Miodrag Stojanovic, a member of Ratko Mladic's legal team, told BIRN on Tuesday that the Bosnian Serb Army commander's health condition was deteriorating in custody at the UN detention unit near The Hague, where he is waiting to be transferred to prison in another country to serve his life sentence for wartime crimes.

Bosnia: Peace Anniversary Year Sees War Crimes Trial Slowdown

According to the plan, work on hundreds of unsolved cases should be completed by 2023.

However, the deadline set in the previous national strategy, which envisaged that the most complex war crimes cases would be solved by 2015, was not met, and some legal experts doubt that the new strategy will succeed either.

Ratko Mladic Discharged from Hospital after Operation: Lawyer

Miodrag Stojanovic, one of the lawyers representing Ratko Mladic at his trial in The Hague, told BIRN that the former Bosnian Serb military commander had a colon operation on Monday and has now left hospital.

"He was discharged from the hospital yesterday [Wednesday] and returned to the [UN] detention unit [in the Netherlands]," said Stojanovic.

Bosnian Wartime Killer Extradited After 24 Years in Switzerland

Zoran Pantic, who participated in killing six members of a family in 1993 and then escaped from prison and went to live in Switzerland under a false name, was extradited to Bosnia and Herzegovina and has been back behind bars in Bijeljina since Monday evening, local media reported on Tuesday.

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