Predrag Bogunic
Bosnian Ex-Policeman Appeals Conviction for Illegal Detentions
Former police chief Ibro Merkez's defence asked the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Monday to reverse the original verdict and acquit him of unlawfully detaining Serb civilians in Gorazde and treating them inhumanely between the middle of July 1992 and August 4 the same year.
Bosnian Ex-Policeman Convicted of Mistreating Serb Detainees
The state court in Sarajevo on Friday found Ibro Merkez guilty, as the former chief of the police's Public Security Station in Gorazde, of unlawfully detaining Serb civilians and treating them in inhumanely manner between the middle of July 1992 and August 4 the same year.
Bosnian Ex-Police Chief Asks for War Crimes Acquittal
In his closing statement to the Bosnian state court on Thursday, former Gorazde police commander Ibro Merkez's lawyer said that the evidence did not support the war crimes accusations against the defendant, who had no effective control over the prisoners who were abused.
Convictions Urged for Bosnian Ex-Policemen Accused of Abusing Serbs
In its closing statement at the state court in Sarajevo on Thursday, the prosecution said it had proved that former police officers Ibro Merkez, Predrag Bogunic and Esef Huric were guilty of unlawful detention, murder, inhumane treatment and the deprivation of the right to a fair trial between July 1992 and February 1993.
Child Deaths in Bosnia’s Besieged Gorazde Still Unpunished
"There was a fierce attack on Gorazde from the left bank of the River Drina. There was shelling and smoke all over the place," Mirsada Causevic told BIRN, recalling a Bosnian Serb artillery assault on Gorazde in eastern Bosnia that led to the death of her eight-year-old son Haris on April 14, 1994.