[CTRL] Fw: SN792:Bosnian Posavina (Part Ten)

[Mrs. Jela Jovanovic, Secretary General]

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>>PART TEN
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>>4.3.8. The witness 679/95-35 was born in 1953, and states the following:
>>
>>"...I think that in Bukova Greda only three Serbian families remained, but
>>what has happened to them I do not know. Serbian church in Orasje was
>>demolished, and the Serbian cemetery in Bukova Greda was excavated. Into
>our
>>houses in Bukova Greda Muslim families were settled from the area of
>Modrica
>>and Novi Grad. The village of Bukova Greda is now under the occupation of
>>the Croat army. I was the owner in Bukova Greda of 13 hectares of the
>>farming land, two tractors, maize picker and all the other agricultural
>>machinery. I had a house and all the auxiliary buildings and livestock.
The
>>value of this property is some one million DEM and in this amount I am
>>filing my claim for reparation..."
>>
>>Finally, it is necessary to bear in mind that the newly constructed
Serbian
>>Orthodox church in Orasje was destroyed, that the Serbian Orthodox
>>cemeteries in Bukova Greda were desecrated. Bearing in mind the
testimonies
>>of the said witnesses - it is clear with what intention, by committing
>>crimes against them, the members of Serbian nationality in this area were
>>treated.
>>
>>
>>4.4. ODZAK
>>
>>4.4.1. Introduction
>>
>>Ethnic cleansing of Serbs in the area of the Municipality of Odzak which
>>started on May 8, 1992, on the basis of the gathered evidence, was
>conducted
>>not only in the manner as stated hereinabove, but also through the rape of
>>women, civilians, members of Serbian nationality, which was aimed at
>forcing
>>them to abandon with their families their homes.
>>
>>About the treatment of the members of Serbian nationality in this
>>municipality, due to circumstances, certain material and written evidence
>>was gathered which shall be discussed later.
>>
>>On May 8, 1992 Serbian population found itself detained in the prison
camps
>>which were certainly planned and prepared well in advance. In this it is
>>necessary to state that members of Serbian nationality were grossly
>>deceived, because according to the agreement reached with the members of
>the
>>Croat authorities, Serbian population from Odzak, Trnjak, Struka, Donja
>>Dubica, Novi Grad and Gornji Svilaj were to be transferred to the free
>>territory.
>>
>>Serbian population, however, instead of finding itself in the free
>>territory, found itself in the prepared prison camps - one located in the
>>gym of the Primary School in Odzak, and the other one in the premises of
>the
>>"Strolit" company in Odzak.
>>
>>In the prison camps in Odzak, according to the documentation complied by
>the
>>Croat Defense Council (HVO) of Odzak - there were 618 Serbian detained
>>inmates.
>>
>>Document in question is entitled "The List of Detainees in the Prison
>>(School)".
>>
>>It is obvious that the name of this list, the use of inadequate term, was
>>aimed at deceiving the public in respect to the fact whether in a concrete
>>case it is a prison for 'detainees', and whether it was actually in that
>>building, on what basis and according to what criteria.
>>
>>This name certainly has the aim to conceal the fact that it was a prison
>>camp designated exclusively for the members of Serbian nationality.
>>
>>In connection with this document and its very title, and regarding its
>>contents something more should be said.
>>
>>Concretely, on this list only Serbs are to be found, which is evident at
>the
>>very first glance by reading the names and surnames of the 'detainees'.
>>
>>Furthermore, all of the 618 Serbs were deported to the prison camp on one
>>and the same day - on May 8, 1992, and there is no evidence that there
were
>>any legal grounds to place in custody any of them, not even one of these
>>persons of Serbian nationality, and imprison them in the camp, let alone
>all
>>of the 618 of these persons.
>>
>>Even a superficial analysis would soon show the obvious result: from 618
>>Serbs on the list, 105 of them were above 60 years of age, or more
>>concretely: 67 persons were between 60 and 70 years old, 29 persons were
>>between 70 and 80 years old and 9 persons were over 80 years old. The
>>youngest male Serb - an inmate, had in this particular case 17 years of
age
>>(item number 10) and the oldest 85 years (item number 200).
>>
>>Mass deportation of the almost entire Serbian population from the area of
>>the Municipality of Odzak, and everything that is to follow in the prison
>>camps, bearing in mind the torture inflicted on the members of Serbian
>>nationality and the mass destruction of Serbian property, burning down of
>>their houses, confiscation of property, already mentioned rape of women -
>>members of Serbian nationality - clearly show that all this was aimed at
>>preventing Serbs from living ever again in the area of this municipality.
>>
>>There is further written evidence shedding more light on the essentials -
>>why were Serbs treated in the manner in which they were treated.
>>
>>The contents of the document 91/94-1 - document 1, reveals that in the
>>conclusions of the Crisis Staffs of the municipality of Odzak No. 07/92 of
>>May 12, 1992 it is confirmed that burning down of the Serbian village of
>>Donja Dubica and plunder of the property of the inhabitants of the Serbian
>>villages of Novi Grad and Donja Dubica was committed by the 139th Brigade.
>>This document shows also that the members of the 139th Brigade, without
the
>>knowledge of civilian and military authorities of the Municipality of
>Odzak,
>>were taking out the civilians - members of Serbian nationality from the
>>prison camps in unknown direction and were liquidating them.
>>
>>Furthermore, from the report of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic
of
>>Bosnia and Herzegovina - Municipal Secretariat for Interior Affairs of
>Odzak
>>(document 191/94-1 - document 2), on "the burnt down residential and other
>>buildings in Donja Dubica and Novi Grad", it is determined that the team
of
>>authorized employees of the Public Safety Station together with the
>>representative of the Crisis Staff, visited the site on May 11, 1992
(which
>>means only three days after the mass deportation of Serbian population to
>>the prison camps) and concluded the following:
>>
>>that the family houses were completely burnt down, many of them with an
>>upper story, of the following families: in Donja Dubica - of Goranovic
>>Milivoje, Borojevic Ilija, Kovacevic Jevta, Radulovic Rajko, Dragic Marko,
>>Stanisic Mihailo, Dragic Andrija, Dargic Radomir, Bozic Svetozar, Dragic
>>Trifa, Dragic Rajko, Derventic Mica, Milojevic Milan, Borojevic Mirko,
>>Jovanovic Ana, Goranovic Laza, Cecevac Zivko, Djuric Mara, Djuric bogdan,
>>Djuric Rade, Milosevic Mirko, Milojevic called "Cinca", Djuric Rajko
called
>>"Truman", Djuric Mihailo. Ninic Sreta, Milosevic Joca, school buildings -
>>warehouses for housing of Goranovic Sreta, Goranovic Nikola, Lugonjic
Joca,
>>Lugonjic Rajko, Milojevic Gavra and Borojevic Vida; and in novi Grad - one
>>family house number 254.
>>
>>Immediately at the first glance it was be noticed that practically many
>>Serbs who were on May 8, 1992 already having a provided prison camp for
>>them, at the same time remained deprived of their own homes, and not a lot
>>of effort is needed for these two facts to be connected and concluded what
>>was the purpose, on the one hand, of the deportation of Serbs to the
prison
>>camp, and on the other hand simultaneous burning down of their houses.
>>
>>Numerous witnesses, members of Serbian nationality from this municipality,
>>have testified that during their deportation to the prison camp on May 8,
>>1992 and when they started on the move towards the promised free territory
>>together with their mobile property, all their valuables: cars, tractors,
>>various valuables, all better items were taken from them, and members of
>>Serbian nationality empty handed were taken to the prison camp (witnesses,
>>for example: 280/95-1, 280/95-3, 280/95-5, 280/95-9, 280/95-65, 280/95-88,
>>280/95-89).
>>
>>We have stated only a few examples of the mass confiscation of the
property
>>from Serbs.
>>
>>It is necessary to underline that the following were also destroyed:
>Serbian
>>Orthodox church of Saint Peter and Paul in Novi Grad and Serbian Orthodox
>>church of Holy Virgin in Donja Dubica.
>>
>>EVIDENCE" witnesses: 593/94-33, 55/95-1, 55/95-2, 55/95-4, 55/95-1,
>55/95-7,
>>55/95-8, 55/05-9, 55/95-10, 55/95-11, 55/95-12, 55/95-13, 55/95-14,
>>55/95-15, 55/95-16, 55/95-17, 55/95-18, 55/95-22, 55/95-23, 55/95-28,
>>55/95-29, 55/95-43, 424/95-2, 424/95-20, 424/95-23, 55/95-25, 55/95-26,
>>55/95-29, 55/95-34, 55/95-35, 55/95-36, 55/95-37, 55/95-39, 55/95-40,
>>55/95-42, 55/95-42, 55/95-43, 55/95-45, 191/94-14, 191/94-15, 191/94-16.
>>
>>4.4.2. We shall present here concrete events which, together with the
>>already stated evidence, are clarifying further that in the area of Odzak
>>authorities of the area of this municipality activities were undertaken
>>obviously aimed at the ethnic cleansing of Serbs from these areas and were
>>in the function of genocide of members of Serbian nationality. Such a
>>conclusion derives from concrete actions aimed at intimidation of Serbs
and
>>at creation of such a social climate in which Serbs will feel that there
is
>>no more place foro them in those locations. In the implementation of the
>>said target certain role was to be played by rape of women of Serbian
>>nationality, at this at the time when Serbian men were imprisoned in the
>>camps. We shall also state further examples of destruction of Serbian
>>property in this municipality.
>>
>>4.4.3. The witness 424/95-1 from Novi Grad - Odzak, described before the
>>investigating judge in what living conditions were the inhabitants of the
>>village of Novi Grad - Municipality of Odzak, in early 1992. His testimony
>>is similar to the testimony of many other Serbs from Novi Grad, given
>before
>>the investigating judge or before some other state authorities.
>>
>>The witness 424/95-1 underlines the following:
>>
>>"...The village of Novi Grad was inhabited exclusively with Serbian
>>population, and the surrounding villages are Croat. Immediately before the
>>war the inhabitants of the Croat villages formed military units bearing
the
>>insignia of the HVO (Croat Defense Council) and were arming themselves.
>>
>>The already formed Croat units and Croats - civilian population, in the
>>first half of 1992 started sending threats to the inhabitants of Serbian
>>nationality, saying that all Serbs will be killed and expelled from their
>>homes and that there is no place for them to live with the Croat and other
>>nationalities. On the borders of the village they started digging trenches
>>and then they closed the exists from the village of Novi grad, so the
>>Serbian population was prevented from going out of the village. The
threats
>>were growing every day and on May 8, 1992 the Croat army announced that
all
>>Serbs present in the village of Novi Grad from the surrounding places,
must
>>leave the village and move in the direction of Odzak..."
>>
>>What is the follow is the already well known story of the deceit of
Serbian
>>population and instead in the free territory - Serbs found themselves in
>the
>>prison camps in Odzak with all their property confiscated.
>>
>>4.4.4. The witness 191/94-17, born in 1967 from Gornji Svilaj - Odzak, was
>>were concrete in his testimony:
>>
>>"...Ustashi occupation and sufferings of the Serbian people in gornji
>Svilaj
>>did not happen by chance. Occupation was preceded by a number of measures
>>and actions organized and conducted by the members of the Croat Democratic
>>Community (HDZ party) as a pro-Fascist democratic party. One of such
>members
>>in Gornji Svilaj was Juric Luka called "Babe Ivke" and I wish especially
to
>>underline his activities.
>>
>>He was one of the organizers of the Croat Democratic Community in Gornji
>>Svilaj. he joined the actions of the supply and transport of armament for
>>the needs of the Ustashi para-military formations. With the military
>uniform
>>having 'the chess-board' insignia of that formation, he was moving around
>>even before the combat actions started. He was intimidating Serbs in
Gornji
>>Svilaj, firing shots through the village from fire arms and on countless
>>occasions, while shooting through the village streets, was challenging and
>>provoking his Serbian neighbors. He was one of the loudest fomenters of
the
>>armed conflict and clashes with the Serbian population..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 191/94-17
>>
>>4.4.5. The married couple witnesses 593/94-24 (280/95-89), the husband
born
>>in 1935, and 593/94-28 (280/95-65) the wife born in 1941, both of them
from
>>the village of Vrbovacki Lipik - Municipality of Odzak, described in
detail
>>the anguish that they have suffered in the month of June 1992, only
because
>>they are Serbs.
>>
>>On June 3, 1992 into their courtyard came a group of armed persons in the
>>camouflage uniforms (Ivica Mutavdzic from the village of Donji Svilaj,
>Ilija
>>Juric called "Bekrija" and others), set on fire their barn, ordered the
>head
>>of the household T to set free all the livestock from the barn. Then they
>>ordered him and his wife to sit on a stack of hay, Mutavdzic Ivica took
off
>>the panties of his wife and then successively with matches they were
>setting
>>hay on fire, the flames were spreading and then he allowed them to get us.
>>Soon on that same day, Ivica Mutavdzic came again to the house of the said
>>couple with some other members of HOS and on that occasion he sodomized by
>>force and raped the housewife.
>>
>>The husband, a Serb, witness 593/94-24, states the following:
>>
>>"...After setting my barn on fire, Ivica Mutavdzic came with a group of
>>Croat soldiers. They were beating me and my wife with the pestle (a metal
>>tube some 10 mm in diameter and 30 cm in length, with a metal handle
>>attached to its end). They were beating us with this object all over the
>>body, so we were both bruised and covered with blood. As a consequence, I
>>could not open my mouth and eat for almost one month. They were especially
>>beating us on the kidneys and posterior..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: 593/94-24, 280/95-89, 593/94-28 and 280/95-65.
>>
>>4.4.6. The events of June 3, 1992 in the village of Novi Grad - Odzak
>>obviously show that the members of Serbian nationality in Bosnian Posavina
>>were intimidated by very diversified crimes and were forced to abandon
>their
>>homes, if they were not, of course, deported to the prison camps or killed
>>previously. On the stated date members of the group "Fire Horses" of the
>>102nd Odzak Brigade, headed by BRNIC MARJAN, from the house of V.M. took
>>away the underage P. and L. who they later raped. The other Serbian women
>>and children some 15 of them, they pushed into the house, locked the front
>>door, set the house on fire, and the women saved themselves and children
by
>>jumping from the windows.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witnesses 380/95-43, 280/95-68 and 280/95-69
>>
>>4.4.7. The testimonies of many witnesses, especially women from the area
of
>>Odzak, proves beyond any doubt that planed and systematic persecution,
>>harassment and rape of women and girls of Serbian nationality, was
directly
>>in the function of ethnic cleansing of Serbs and in the final instance, in
>>the function of genocidal behavior of the local authorities against Serb
>>population. Together, of course, with the plunder of their property
burning
>>down and mining of their houses, as already mentioned in this report.
Their
>>testimonies are very moving, they are similar to each other, because their
>>sufferings and everything that they have endured are very similar.
>>
>>>From their testimonies, inter alia, and as verified by extensive other
>>evidence, it is disclosed that Serbs from Novi Grad and from the other
>>places in the area of Odzak, were ordered to abandon their homes with the
>>promise that they are free to go to the free territory of Bosanski Samac.
>>When the Serbian civilians arrived in Odzak, Serb men were separated from
>>their wives and children, imprisoned in the prison camps, while women and
>>children were located and accommodated in private houses in Odzak, with
the
>>prohibition of leaving without the permission of the authorities.
>>
>>Several cases of torture and rape are presented against women of Serbian
>>nationality and only because they were Serb women, in order to achieve the
>>said target of the perpetrators of these crimes and their superiors.
>>
>>4.4.8. In the night between June 5 and 6, 1992 members of the group "Fire
>>Horses" of the 102nd Odzak Brigade, in which were BRNIC MARJAN, BARUKCIC
>>JOZO, GLAVAS ILIJA, GLAVAS PAJO, JURIC ILIJA called "Bekrija" and others,
>>dressed in camouflage uniforms, broke down the entrance door of the house
>of
>>Ninkovic Drago in Novi Grad - Odzak, expelled all the persons from the
>house
>>into the courtyard, cursed them and harassed the witness 593/94-21
>>(280/95-41) (born in 1955), separated her from her two children, beat her
>up
>>with riffle butt. Barukcic Jozo took from her 1,400 DEM. They placed her
in
>>a vehicle and took her to a house in Novi Grad, ordering her to call be
>>owners of the house, and when she did that, they entered the house
shooting
>>from the fire arms, harassing the persons present. They singled out M.
born
>>in 1963, sister of the witness, mother of three small children N. who was
>>born in 1950 and S. born in 1969 , and they took them all to Posavska
>Mahala
>>where they placed them in three houses, then raped and sodomized them, and
>>in the morning hours released them ordering them to start running naked
>>towards Novi Grad.
>>
>>The witness 593/94-21 (280/95-41) - the victim, states the following:
>>
>>"...When they took me into a room they started beating me with fists and
>>pistol handle on the head, back and legs, then they forced me to take off
>>all of my clothes, and then they raped me. Besides Brnic Marjan, Barukcic
>>Joza, Glavas Ilija, Glavas Pava and Juric Ilija, I was also raped by
Tipura
>>Matan from Potocanski Lipik and another persons - each one of them
>twice..."
>>
>>All that time they were beating me and forcing me to say that I love them
>>and that I am enjoying myself.
>>
>>At down BRNIC MARJAN expelled me naked out of the house in which they
raped
>>me and ordered me to run to my home. Since I could not walk, I was
crawling
>>slowly. Then J.M. came by and took me in his car back home to Novi
Grad..."
>>
>>Finally, the witness - victim stated that Barukcic Jozo took away from her
>>1,400 DEM.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-21 and 280/95-41
>>
>>The witness 593/94-23 whose husband, born in 1960, was killed by the Croat
>>soldiers in Novi Grad on April 22, 1992, confirmed the testimony of her
>>sister - witness 592/94-21, and while speaking of her children which were
>>taken by force away from her before she will be raped, she says the
>>following:
>>
>>"...My oldest child was 8 years old at that time, the younger one was 6
and
>>the youngest was only 9 months old..."
>>
>>In connection with the circumstances under which she was raped, she states
>>the following:
>>
>>"...In the group of Croat soldiers who took me to the place of rape, me
and
>>the other women, whose names I have already mentioned, was also MARJAN
>BRNIC
>>from the village of Vrbovica, a croat, municipality of Odzak...Marjan
raped
>>me and was beating me the most before the rape. He was threatening to kill
>>me... In that group which took away myself and the other women were ILIJA
>>GLAVAS and his brother Pavo Glavas, from the village of Ljestrak -
>>municipality of Odzak and a certain Juric called "Bekrija".
>>
>>I was conscious while six of the Croat soldiers raped me, after that I
>>fainted.
>>
>>At some 04:30 hours when I regained my consciousness, Croat soldiers
>>expelled me and S. naked outside, and threw our clothes after us, ordering
>>us to run and started shooting after us..."
>>
>>There is an amazing detail in the testimony of this witness:
>>
>>"...When I returned home I had terrible bleeding, so I reported the case
to
>>the offices of the Red Cross... They took me to the hospital in Odzak, but
>>the medical staff of the hospital, IN PARTICULAR, DOCTOR ZIZA, I DO NOT
>KNOW
>>OTHER DETAILS OF HER IDENTITY, TOLD ME THAT SHE WILL NOT GIVE ME MEDICAL
>>HELP BECAUSE I AM A SERB...
>>
>>The witness after the rape lost over 20 kilograms of body weight and had
>>treatment in Austria and in Banja Luka.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-23.
>>
>>The witness 593/94-17 and 280/95-57 - the victim (born in 1935) from Novi
>>Grad, mother of two children, also confirmed the statements by L., Dj. and
>>S. but said that she did not recognize any of the men who took part in
>their
>>abduction and rape, because everything was happening in the dark, and she
>>does not know well the inhabitants of this area.
>>
>>The witness 593/94-17 (280/95-57) testifies as follows:
>>
>>"...When we arrived at Posavska Mahala they took us out of the car and one
>>unknown Ustasha took me into the house on the floor and on some bed there
>he
>>was beating me with hands on the head, chest and other parts of the body,
>>demanding that I take off my clothes which I did and he raped me.
>>Previously, he took away from me 4,000 DEM which I was keeping in the
>>leather belt around my waist and hidden under my clothes, and he found
them
>>when I took off my clothes. Then the same person from that house took me
to
>>another house where they had previously taken Dj. and S...Another three
>>persons came and they also raped me... They were demanding various
>>perversions from me, i.e. that I cuk their penis. During the sexual
>>intercourse they were beating me demanding that I say that I feel nice and
>>that I am enjoying all that.
>>
>>In the early morning after dawn they expelled out Dj., S. and myself from
>>the house and ordered us to run through the forest and fields in the
>>direction of Novi Grad..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-17 (280/95-57)
>>
>>The witness 593/94-18 (280/95-42) born in 1969 in Novi Grad - Odzak, also
>>confirms the anguish endured by the said victims during the event in the
>>night between June 5 and 6, 1992.
>>
>>The witness states the following:
>>
>>"...It was dark and there was no light in the room, so I did not recognize
>>anyone except Brnic Marjan, but I know that four Ustashi came into my
room.
>>They cursed my Chetnik mother, threatened me with weapons and knife and
>>ordered me to take off all my clothes, and then all the four of them raped
>>me...At some 04"45 hours myself, N. and M. were expelled from the house
and
>>forced to run through the forest in the direction of Novi Grad, while they
>>were shooting after us from automatic guns..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-18 and 280/95-42.
>>
>>4.4.10. In the end of May 1992 BRNIC MARJAN, GLAVAS PAVO and another four,
>>at present, unidentified persons, in the night at some 01:00 hours came
>with
>>a vehicle van on which it was written "Fire Horses" in front of the house
>of
>>L. in Potocanski Lipik, broken down the entrance door, started shooting
>from
>>fire arms to frighten the tenants, cursed and insulted them, and from the
>>group of women singed out the witness 280/95-43 from Potocanski lipik,
born
>>in 1957, by force pushed her into the van and drove off to Posavska
Mahala,
>>took her to the house of Barbara Joza and under threat of fire arms and
>>knives all the six of them raped her, and during the very act of rape were
>>also psychologically torturing her. They were threatening to slit her
>>throat.
>>
>>
>>The witness states:
>>
>>"...THEY WERE SAYING THAT WE SERBIAN WOMEN MUST GIVE BIRTH TO USTASHI
>>CHILDREN..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 280/95-43
>>
>>4.4.11. On July 3, 1992 at some 23:00 hours in novi Grad BRNIC MARJAN,
>BRNIC
>>MATO, KAURINOVIC MARKO called "Patak", JURIC ILIJA called "Bekrija",
>>BARUKCIC JOZO with another several, at present, unidentified members of
the
>>group "Fire Horses" of the 102nd Odzak Brigade, came in front of the house
>>of the Serb V and took out from the house the girls, women and children,
>who
>>had gathered in that house to be more safe. They were firing from fire
arms
>>and by force singled out the minor witness 593/94-20 (280/95-49), born in
>>October 1977, which means that she was not even 15 years old, and took her
>
>>in the direction of Posavska Mahala. They took her out of the van, brought
>>her into a tow-story building and in a dark room on the ground floor, with
>>occasional light from the torch, five or six of them started beating her
>>with fists and riffle butt, forced her to take off her clothes, and then
>>first Brnic Mato raped her, who performed defloration of the witness
>>593/94-20, and then she was raped by Brnic Marjan. The others did not
>>succeed in raping her because in the meantime at the request of her
mother,
>>one member of the HVO military police intervened, a friend of her father.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-20, 280/95-49, 280/95-43
>>
>>4.4.12. On July 12, 1992 members of the same group "Fire Horses"
KAURINOVIC
>>MARKO called "Patak" and another several persons, among them a certain
>>"Cutura" (whose real name is assumed to be MARIC MATIJA, son of Ante and
>>Strazija, born on May 7, 1962 in Novo Selo), came in two cars to the
center
>>of Novi Grad to a house in which were the girls from the village who have
>>gathered in the basement of that building to be safer. They singled out
the
>>already mentioned witness 593/94-20 (280/95-49) who was the victim of the
>>event of July 3, 1992 as described hereinabove, also T. from Gornji Brezik
>>and another girl with the family name of M. They took them to a house in
>>novo Selo, and when the said girl of the family name of M. suffered an
>>attack of epilepsy ("she had foam on her mouth") Kaurinovic returned her
>>back, while the witness 593/94-20 (280/95-49) with the use of force, was
>>subjected to rape by a certain "Cutura" and then by Kaurinovic Marko.
>>
>>The witness 593/94-20 (280/95-49) states the following:
>>
>>"...On that same evening at some 23:00 hours in front of the house in
which
>>I was came a truck full of Croat soldiers and then "Patak" told me that he
>>will give me to those thirty of them to rape me. In the room first entered
>>an elderly man from Novo Selo, I do not know his family name, called Marko
>>and I know that he was on good terms with my father and was coming to our
>>house. In spite of the dark, he lighted matches and recognized me and
since
>>I was naked he told me to dress up...The next day the said Marko returned
>us
>>in front of a certain house, so the two of us hid in the nearby woods and
>>were hiding also in the corn fields and the adjacent lands, and on May 3rd
>>in the evening we were found by the Serbian army which entered Novi Grad
on
>>that day".
>>
>>The witness 593/94-20 (280/95-49) stated also that she heard the screams
of
>>T. who was first raped by a certain Marko and then by another six men.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-20 (280/95-49)
>>
>>4.4.13. Several examples are given in connection with causing of damage to
>>property owned by members of Serbian nationality.
>>
>>The witness 593/94-15 from the village of Novi Grad - Odzak (born in 1960)
>>stated before the investigating judge that his father Zivko was killed
>>during the forced labor on digging of trenches at the front battle lines,
>>that he was previously in the prison camp in Donja Mahala, and that he
>>himself was imprisoned in the prison camp in Odzak, that his wife was also
>>imprisoned in the prison camp and when they were exchanged they returned
to
>>Novi Grad. The witness states the following:
>>
>>"...I saw that my house was burnt down, and that all my property was
>looted.
>>The house was a new one with one story, with rooms in the attic. Its size
>>was 10x10 meters, fully furnished. The value of the furnished house was
>some
>>500,000 DEM..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-15
>>
>>4.4.14. The witness 593/94-17 from novi Grad - Odzak, born in 1950, stated
>>the following:
>>
>>"...I wish to emphasize that the Croat soldiers, among other things, also
>>confiscated our new "Mercedes" car worth 60,000 DEM, that they burnt down
>>our house and thus caused us damages in the amount of some 500,000 DEM..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-17
>>
>>4.4.15. The witness 191/24-26, born in 1947 in Gornji Svilaj, explained in
>>detail the manner in which Serbian houses were destroyed and plundered in
>>the place where she lived - in Gornji Svilaj.
>>
>>"...On April 23, 1992 together with the other villagers, I escaped from
the
>>village and on May 1st return home. Everything I owned remained in my
>house.
>>I had cows and pigs and I wanted to let them out. I wish to God I never
>>returned. On May 15, 1992 the plundering, burning down and mining of
>Serbian
>>houses started. I think that two or four days after the exodus from the
>>village the Serbian church was also mined. There were two terrible
>>explosions...The ones plundering the most were Branic Stjepo and his sons
>>Ilija and Zvonko, and also the others. I was seeing them the most. They
>were
>>transporting the looted things during the night from the house of Tomo and
>>Pero Zecevic..."
>>
>>The witness 191/94-26 underlines that neither was her house spared, that
it
>>was looted, that the doors of the house were pierced with rounds of fire
>>although they knew that she was in the village.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 191/94-26
>>
>>4.4.16. The witness 424/95-32 born in 1955 in Novi Grad, while describing
>>the events of early June 1992 when the Croat soldiers tried to rape her in
>a
>>van vehicle in the area of Posavska Mahala, underlines the following:
>>
>>"...They were driving us in that vehicle in the direction of Bosanska
>Mahala
>>and while passing through the hamlet of "Brezik" they stopped the van and
>>Pavo Sicic went out and set on fire the houses of VASO PANIC, of his
>mother,
>>of SVETOZAR PANIC, VIDA SJEKIC and ZORKA SISLJAGIC.
>>
>>The witness explained that Pavo Sicic was from Bosanska Mahala and that he
>>was working with her at the slaughter house "Klaonica" in Novi Grad.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 424/95-32
>>
>>4.4.17. The witness 55/95-19, born in 1934 in Gornji Svilaj - Odzak, who
>was
>>imprisoned in the prison camp in Odzak, underlines that in the month of
May
>>1992 he was taken out of the camp with another four inmates and explains
>how
>>the Croat soldiers were looting the property of Serb in Gornji Svilaj.
>>
>>"...The next day the five of us returned to Gornji Svilaj, of course with
>>their escort. They ordered us first of all to break down the doors on the
>>Serbian houses. Immediately after breaking down of the doors on a house
the
>>Croat soldiers would enter the house to make a search, allegedly looking
>for
>>weapons, and would take away all the valuable objects, jewelry, gold,
>money,
>>and others..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 55/95-19
>>
>>The witness 55/95-25, born in 1930, from Gornji Svilaj, confirmed the
>>testimony of the witness 55/95-19.
>>
>>4.5. BROD (Bosanski Brod)
>>
>>Similar to the areas of Brcko, Orasje and Odzak, in the places within the
>>Municipality of Brod (Bosanski Brod) behavior was observed in respect to
>>Serbs pointing out at the fact that the persecution of Serbs and
especially
>>the attempts to have them relocate from their homes, has been planned long
>>in advance.
>>
>>The witness 593/94-35, who was during the year 1991 at responsible
>functions
>>in the Municipal Assembly of Bosanski Brod, described in detail the
>>conditions under which the Serbs were living on the eve of the last war.
>The
>>witness stated the following:
>>
>>"Even during the year 1991 the presence was felt of preparations among the
>>Croat population for the taking over of Bosanski Brod. This could
>especially
>>be noticed because in Slavonski Brod units of the HVO, HOS and green
berets
>>were formed. These units started to send threats to the Serbian population
>>living in the area of Slavonski Brod. The threats were very often sent
that
>>all Serbs will be killed and slaughtered and expelled from that area,
>>claiming that there is no life for Serbs in the territory of Croatia. For
a
>>time Serbs were prohibited from crossing from Bosanski Brod to Slavonski
>>Brod and on the posters placed in certain locations it was written:
>>
>>"NO PASSAGE FOR SERBS AND DOGS"
>>
>>The witness further states:
>>
>>"...From Croatia into the Serbian villages in the area of Bosanski Brod
and
>>the vicinity people were infiltrated with the intent to spread anxiety
>among
>>Serbian population, to send threats...At that time the columns of refugees
>>from Pakrac and other refugees from Slavonija were passing every day, and
>>this was showing that the genocide of Serbian people had already
>started..."
>>
>>Finally, this witness spoke of the event of March 3, 1992:
>>
>>"...On March 3, 1992 seeing all the preparatory actions taking place in
the
>>area of Bosanski Brod, I convened a meeting which was attended by the
>>representatives of the then-Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ejup
>>Ganic, Dr. Nikola Koljevic, Jerko Doko, Avdo Hebib, Petko Cancar and
>others.
>>The Minister of Interior Mustafa Delimustafic was also present and General
>>Kukanjac...The conclusion was...that measures should be undertaken to calm
>>the situation down..."
>>
>>However, immediately after this meeting the witness was wounded while he
>was
>>driving in his car, and was shot with two hits in the shin of the left leg
>>and one hit in the knee of the right leg, and the attackers were members
of
>>HOS from Slavonski Brod.
>>
>>The witness explains:
>>
>>"...That night I was post festum informed that the HVO units from Croatia
>>entered Bosanski Brdo and that they have seized the city..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 593/94-35
>>
>>In connection with these events from early March 1992 testimony was heard
>by
>>the witness 162/96-4, having M.A. degree in law, who was before the war
>>employed at the Ministry of Interior of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was an
>>inspector there.
>>
>>The witness testified before the investigating judge of the Municipal
Court
>>of Sokolac on February 22, 1996 and in connection with various
>>circumstances, inter alia, confirmed the testimony of the witness
593/94-35
>>in connection with the events between March 2 and 3, 1992. He testified
>>about the role of Avdo Hebib, physician-psychologist by profession, he was
>>holding the post of the assistant chief of militia in the Ministry of
>>Interior Affairs (MUP) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who was considered to be
>>one of the most extreme persons, insisting on fight against the JNA
>>(Yugoslav People's Army) and "Chetniks", and who "disappeared somewhere"
>>during the meeting. He also testified that a group of some 200 members of
>>HOS in black suits, was surrounding the hotel in which the witness was
>>staying and that the witness was, for a moment, in a direct danger of
being
>>killed, and only by some good chance, as he explained, he remained alive.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 162/06-4
>>
>>4.5.1. We shall state here several examples of the attempts to conduct
>>ethnic cleansing of the Serbian population in the area of Brod.
>>
>>Specifically, on March 26, 1992 strong Muslim and Croat forces surrounded
a
>>part of the village of Sijekovac near Brod where Serbs were living as a
>>minority population in that village and on that occasion a number of male
>>Serbs were killed, as already stated hereinabove. On this occasion the
>>following persons were killed: ZECEVIC JOVO, his three sons ZECEVIC MILAN,
>>ZECEVIC VASA and ZECEVIC PETAR, also MILOSEVIC LUKA and his sons MILOSEVIC
>>ZELJKO and MILOSEVIC DRAGAN, TRIFUNOVIC SVETA and RADOVANOVIC MARKO.
>>
>>On the said occasion further to the killing of the innocent civilian
>>population, several houses were set on fire, owned by the members of
>Serbian
>>nationality, and even those of Serbs killed, as was already stated, in
>their
>>own homes on March 22, 1992.
>>
>>All these circumstances were explained during the testimony of several
>>eye-witnesses.
>>
>>Thus, the witness 584/94-4, the wife of the killed Zecevic Milan and the
>>daughter-in-law of the killed Zecevic Jovan, having previously testified
to
>>the killing of her husband and father-in-law before the investigating
judge
>>of the Municipal Court of Derventa on November 23, 1994, stated the
>>following:
>>
>>"...The property that I owned was plundered and taken away by the Croat
>>soldiers and the house was mined and set on fire. The house was size 10x10
>>meters and had one story with a large cellar. Further to the house there
>was
>>a garage and other auxiliary buildings. We owned two passenger cars a
>>"Mercedes 240 D" and a "Zastava 750", one tractor "Ursuz" which was later
>>found in front of the house of Causevic "Medo" but not in running
>condition,
>>and that tractor had all the appliances, but they were not found. The
value
>>of all this property that we had and which was looted was some 500,000
DEM,
>>including the buildings and machines on our property. I think that the
>value
>>of all this is between 700,000 and 800,000 DEM.
>>
>>I remained with two minor children without anything at all and I am now
>>living only from the Red Cross aid..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: witness 584/94-4
>>
>>Before the investigating judge of the Municipal Court of Derventa the
>>testimony was given by the witness 584/94-2, the wife of the killed
>>Milosevic Luka. Having testified on the circumstances in connection with
>the
>>killing of her husband, she also stated, inter alia, the following:
>>
>>"...The house which was burnt down was 9x7 meters in size. Also the
>>ground=floor auxiliary building was burnt down as well as the pig-sty,
>>garage and a car. The value of the house, auxiliary buildings and the car
>is
>>some 300,000 DEM. In the killing of my husband and sons, and of the other
>>neighbors whose names are stated, our neighbor a Muslim Zemir Kovacevic
>from
>>Sijekovac took part and i knew him from before. I recognized him although
>he
>>was masked and had a stocking over his face. The other participants in
this
>>crime I could not recognize because they were well masked..."
>>
>>EVIDENCE: 584/94-2
>>
>>The witness 584/94-1, wife of the killed Sedlic Novak in the event
>described
>>earlier in this report, stated the following before the investigating
>judge:
>>
>>"... After the house of Zecevic and Milosevic family was surrounded, and
>the
>>members of the household having hidden themselves in the cellar, the
>>soldiers entered the house of Zecevic family and slaughtered Jovo Zecevic
>>and his three sons Milan, Vaso and Petar...That same evening, together
with
>>my husband Novak Sedlic, who was an invalid because his right leg was
>>broken, I went to my brother Milorad Brkovic. As I was nearing his house,
>>since there was no shooting, we came to the house very cautiously, because
>>there was no Croat army there. I went with my husband to my brother
because
>>my house and the houses of Zecevic, Milosevic and a number of other houses
>>of other families in the immediate vicinity, were set on fire that evening
>>and destroyed. That evening the houses were also burnt down of the
families
>>Trifunovic, Vasic, Kusljic and Sukurmi. I stayed with my husband in the
>>house of my brother Milorad Brkovic until April 8, 1992..."
>>
>>then the witness spoke of the circumstances under which on that day her
>>husband was killed.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: 584/94-1
>>
>>Perpetrators of the crimes: CAUSEVIC NIJAZ called "Medo", KOVACEVIC ZEMIR
>>from Sijekovac, and the other, at present, unidentified perpetrators.
>>
>>EVIDENCE: 584/94-1, 584/94-2, 584/94-3, 584/94-4.
>>
>>
>>ANNEX*
>>
>>GENOCIDE
>>
>>Article 141
>>
>>Any person who, in the intent to fully or in part annihilate a national,
>>ethnic, racial or religious group, shall order killing or serious body
>>injuries or severe damage to the physical or mental health of the members
>of
>>a group, or forcible displacement of population, or for a group to be
>>reduced to such living conditions leading to a complete or partial
>>annihilation of such group, or shall order interim measures to be imposed
>>preventing procreation amongst the members of the group, or shall execute
>>compulsory relocation of children into some other group or any person in
>the
>>same intent, or who shall commit any of the stated acts, shall be punished
>>by no less than five years or 20 years of imprisonment.
>>
>>This Article gives effect to the provisions of the Geneva Convention
>>Relative to Preventing and Prosecuting the Crime of Genocide from the year
>>1948, ratified by the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia in 1950. The
>>said provisions were in force during the years 1992 and 1993 and later on
>in
>>the area of the former republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina within the former
>>Yugoslavia.
>>
>>WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION
>>
>>Article 142
>>
>>1) Any person in violation of the international law during the time of
war,
>>armed conflict or occupation, who shall order or execute an attack on
>>civilian population, settlements, individual civil persons or persons
unfit
>>for fighting, which shall result in death, serious body injury to body and
>>health; attack at random, striking civilian population; criminal acts
>>including killing, torture or inhuman treatment of civilian population,
>>biological, medical or some other scientific experiments on humans, taking
>>of tissue or organs for purpose of transplantation, causing great
suffering
>>or serious bodily injury to body and health; unlawful forced deportation
or
>>forced de-nationalization or conversion into another religion; forced
>>compulsion to prostitution or rape; use of measures of intimidation and
>>terror, taking of hostages, collective punishment, unlawful deportation to
>>concentration camps and other unlawful confinement, deprivation of right
to
>>a proper and fair trial; forced service in the armed forces of the enemy
>>force or in its intelligence services or administration; forced labor,
>>starvation of population, confiscation of properly, plunder of property of
>>population, unlawful and willful destruction or expropriation on a
>>large-scale of property not justified by military requirements, taking of
>>unlawful and disproportional large contribution and requisition,
>devaluation
>>of the value of local currency or unlawful issue of money, or any person
>>committing any of the above stated crimes shall be punished by not less
>than
>>five years or by 20 years of imprisonment.
>>
>>2) Penalty from para. 1 of this Article shall be pronounced on any person
>>who in violation of the international law during the time of war, armed
>>conflict or occupation shall order: execution of an attack on the
buildings
>>specially protected under international law and buildings and structures
>>containing dangerous substances such as the dams, embankments and nuclear
>>power plants; striking at random civilian targets which are under special
>>protection of the international law, undefended places and de-militarized
>>zones; a long-term and a large-scale destruction of environment which may
>>cause hazard to health or survival of population, or any person committing
>>any of these crimes.
>>
>>3) Any person who shall, in violation of the international law during the
>>time of war, armed conflict or occupation, as an occupier, order or commit
>>displacement of part of his civilian population into an occupied
territory,
>>shall be punished by a penalty of not less than five year of imprisonment.
>>
>>It is underlined here that the provisions of this Penal Code are
concordant
>>with the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
>in
>>Times of War, of the year 1949 ratified by the state of the Federal
>People's
>>Republic of Yugoslavia in 1950, and in view of legality of its provisions
>in
>>the area of the former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina the same
>>applies as stated in the provisions of Article 141 of the Penal Code of
>>Yugoslavia.
>>
>>WAR CRIMES AGAINST SICK AND WOUNDED
>>
>>Article 143
>>
>>Any person violating provisions of the international law during war or
>armed
>>conflict, who shall order against sick, wounded, shipwrecked or medical or
>>religious persons killing, torture, inhuman treatment, biological, medical
>>or some other scientific experiments, taking of tissue or organs for
>purpose
>>of transplantation, or who shall order infliction of great sufferings to
>>body and injuries to bodily integrity or health or shall unlawfully and
>>willfully order destruction or confiscation on a large-scale of material,
>>means of medical transport and stocks of medical institutions or units
>which
>>is not justified by military requirements, and who shall commit any of the
>>above stated crimes, shall be punished by a penalty of not less than five
>>years and a penalty of 20 years of imprisonment.
>>
>>Provisions of this Article are concordant with the Geneva Conventions: for
>>the improvement of the status of sick and wounded of the ground forces and
>>for the improvement of the status of sick and wounded and shipwrecked of
>the
>>naval forces of 1949, which the state of the Federal People's Republic of
>>Yugoslavia has ratified in the year 1950.
>>
>>Regarding the validity of these provisions in the territories of the
former
>>Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, they are still applicable and are
>>in force.
>>
>>WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS OF WAR
>>
>>Article 144
>>
>>Any person violating rules of the international law, who shall order
>against
>>prisoners of war killing, torture, inhuman behavior, biological, medical
or
>>some other scientific experiments, taking of tissue or organs for purpose
>of
>>transplantation, infliction of great sufferings or injury to bodily
>>integrity or health, forced service in the armed forces of the enemy,
>>deprivation of right to a correct and fair trial, or who shall perpetrate
>>any of the above stated crimes, shall be punished by a penalty of not less
>>than five year or 20 years of imprisonment.
>>
>>Provisions of this Article are concordant with the Geneva Convention on
>>Prisoners of War of 1949 which the state of the Federal People's Republic
>of
>>Yugoslavia has ratified in 1950, and the above stated remarks regarding
the
>>validity for the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina pertain also to these criminal acts.
>>
>>Finally, it is pointed out that further in this report we shall present
the
>>concrete crimes, perpetrators and victims of these crimes, circumstance in
>>which the said crimes were committed, and bearing in mind the above stated
>>provisions for the said crimes against humanity and international law, it
>>may be concluded what criminal acts concretely are in question.
>>
>>While speaking of some concrete crimes committed in the areas of the
>>municipality of Brcko and Orasje, the indictments will be quoted which in
>>the meantime have been filed with the competent courts of law.
>>
>>In this report the materials gathered so far have been used and the
>evidence
>>which is available in the Committee for Gathering of Data on Crimes
>>Committed Against Humanity and International Law in Belgrade.
>>
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