KARLOVAC, March 7 (Hina) - Several witnesses described their ordeals at "Dubrava" and "Drmelj" concentration camps on Thursday as the trial continued against Fikret Abdic, indicted for war crimes against civilians and prisoners of
war. Abdic has been charged with committing war crimes in Western Bosnia in 1993 and 1994. The camps were located in the region which was proclaimed autonomous by Abdic. Some 50 witnesses have taken the stand during the trial. Although more than a dozen witnesses are still scheduled to testify and the defence attorneys plan to read 43 documents, the trial chamber chairwoman, Jasminka Jerinic Musnjak, said she believes a verdict could be returned before the summer. The indictment, issued by the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Bihac in 1996, charges Abdic with planning and establishing concentration camps and refugee centres after the Autonomous Region of Western Bosnia was proclaimed. The trial is being held in Croatia und
KARLOVAC, March 7 (Hina) - Several witnesses described their
ordeals at "Dubrava" and "Drmelj" concentration camps on Thursday
as the trial continued against Fikret Abdic, indicted for war
crimes against civilians and prisoners of war.
Abdic has been charged with committing war crimes in Western Bosnia
in 1993 and 1994. The camps were located in the region which was
proclaimed autonomous by Abdic.
Some 50 witnesses have taken the stand during the trial.
Although more than a dozen witnesses are still scheduled to testify
and the defence attorneys plan to read 43 documents, the trial
chamber chairwoman, Jasminka Jerinic Musnjak, said she believes a
verdict could be returned before the summer.
The indictment, issued by the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Bihac
in 1996, charges Abdic with planning and establishing
concentration camps and refugee centres after the Autonomous
Region of Western Bosnia was proclaimed.
The trial is being held in Croatia under a 1996 agreement between
Croatia and Bosnia on legal assistance.
Fikret Abdic has been in custody in Karlovac since June 27 of last
year. His trial began last September.
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