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Mejakic et al: Prosecution Evidence Process Completed

30 November 2007  Almost a year since the beginning of the process, the Prosecution of BiH completes the presentation of evidence against the four indictees charged with crimes committed in Omarska and Keraterm detention camps.

With the presentation of transcripts of statements given by six witnesses, instructions for the work of emergency headquarters and "An Order for Treatment of Prisoners of War and Civil Refugees", the Prosecution of BiH completed the evidence presentation process against the four indictees charged with crimes committed in detention camps in Prijedor in 1992.

"The witnesses, whose statements the prosecution wants to include as material evidence, have already been cross-examined and directly examined. The Court of BiH admits the proposal, but it will express itself on the value of these pieces of evidence at a later stage,"
said Saban Maksumic, chairman of the Trial Chamber.

Zeljko Mejakic, Momcilo Gruban, Dusan Fustar and Dusko Knezevic are charged with the murder, rape, torture and beating of Bosniaks and Croats detained in Omarska and Keraterm detention camps in the course of 1992.

The presented transcripts contain statements given by witnesses to various local and international organisations in the course of the investigation.

An extract from the document titled "Instructions for the Work of Peoples' Emergency Headquarters in Municipalities" was also presented. The document was issued by the government of the former Serbian Republic of BiH in April 1992. Another document presented at the hearing was "An Order of the Public Safety Centre in Banja Luka on Treatment of Prisoners of War and Civil Refugees" dated August 1992.

In the course of its evidence presentation process, which has lasted for nearly a year, the Prosecution has examined 45 witnesses and presented 201 pieces of material evidence.

The next hearing is due to take place on December 6, 2007.