SARAJEVO, Bosnia (October 21,2007) – A protected prosecution witness has testified before the Bosnian State Court at the trial of Croatian war criminal Pasko Ljubicic - but behind closed doors.Croatian war criminal Pasko Ljubicic is charged with having committed crimes against humanity in central Bosnia during the Croatian aggression against Bosnia in the early 1990's.
The decision to close the trial to the public was rendered by the Trial Chamber on the basis of a motion filed by the Bosnian State Prosecutor David Schwendiman. This motion was also discussed in a closed session.
The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges Croatian war criminal Ljubicic with having participated, during the Croatian aggression against Bosnia in the course of 1993, in the murder, beating, torture, forcible detention, property destruction and forced labour of the Bosnian civilians on the territory of Vitez and Busovaca municipalities.
The indictment alleges that Ljubicic, together with other members of the Croatian aggressor's formations, unlawfully detained Bosnian civilians in a cinema, veterinary station and public accounting bureau premises in Vitez, and then also in Kaonik prison near Busovaca and elementary school in Dubravica.
The prosecution believes that the Bosnian civilians detained in those facilities were physically and mentally maltreated by the Croatian aggressor, and that they were taken to the frontlines where they had to dig trenches and act as human shields.
The trial of Croatian war criminal Pasko Ljubicic before the Bosnian State Court is due to continue on 23 October.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
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