KARLOVAC, July 30 (Hina) - The main hearing in the trial against Fikret Abdic ended on Tuesday. The president of the panel of judges, Jasminka Jerinic-Musnjak, announced that she would pass sentence on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
KARLOVAC, July 30 (Hina) - The main hearing in the trial against
Fikret Abdic ended on Tuesday. The president of the panel of judges,
Jasminka Jerinic-Musnjak, announced that she would pass sentence
on Wednesday at 1 p.m. #L#
Abdic was tried for war crimes against civilians and prisoners of
war on two counts of the indictment which was issued in August 1996
by the High Public Prosecutor in Bihac. Pursuant to a ruling by the
Supreme Court of Croatia, the trial was transferred to Croatia's
judiciary a year ago, namely to the Karlovac County Court, based on
an agreement between the governments of the two countries regarding
legal assistance signed in 1996.
The charges against Abdic burden him with acting against the
Constitution of Bosnia when he proclaimed the Autonomous Region of
Western Bosnia and as supreme commander of the so-called National
Defence of Western Bosnia, ordered, planned and organised the
opening of prisoner of war camps and collection centres in the
Velika Kladusa Municipality for the purpose of detaining citizens
who opposed the autonomous region. The charges note that the camps
were a site of inhumane treatment, forced military service in
paramilitary units, forced hunger and forced labour for enemy
forces.
Both the prosecution and defence agreed that according to the
Geneva Convention, it is not denied to establish isolation centres
for individuals in danger during war-time.
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