TORTURE AND FORCED CONFESSIONS USED AS A METHOD FOR PROVING BOGUS CLAIMS ABOUT WAR CRIMES AGAINST SERBS
PHOTO: Srebrenica - ethnically cleansed Bosniak town in Podrinje (eastern Bosnia) where Bosnian Serb Army committed genocide in July 1995.
Samir Avdic, Nedzad Hasic, Ahmo Harbas and Behrudin Husic were severely tortured to sign bogus confessions about the crimes against Serb civilians around Srebrenica (see background). Here is an update of this case from Dnevni Avaz:
Damir Alagic, lawyer representing Samir Avdic who is currently in prison in Foca, stated that his client was forced into signing 102-page long statement about the alleged crimes of Bosniaks against the Bosnian Serb population around Srebrenica.
This bogus statement was drafted by the Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Seselj" and "mechanically" signed.
"This shameful policy of equalization of crimes in the Srebrenica area is led by the Greater-Serbian political activists," said Alagic.
He added that in the presense of the lawyer Muhamed Susic, Avdic stated in front of the court in Banja Luka that Serbs who tortured him promised to let him go from prison in a matter of two months if he signs bogus statement implicating a number of Bosniaks in alleged crimes against Serbs in the Srebrenica region.
"Therefore, we consider this statement irrelevant because it was forced, and we know well the degree of psychological abuse our client went through after being severely tortured by Serb authorities who arrested him in 1996."
The defence has a witness who confirms the alibi that the defendant Samir Avdic was not in the place where alleged murder too place. He was in a different location, said Susic.
Zulfo Salihovic, president of the organization of veterans (demobilized soldiers) who served in the Army of Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, also believes that Samir Avdic was forced to sign the statement.
"I know Saban Avdic who was not even a soldier, but a local Bosniak miller. As a civilians, he did not survive the fall of Srebrenica, but Serbs accused him of war crimes. Hakija Meholjic, Zulfo Tursunovic and Smajo Mandza had been questioned by Serb authorities, but there was no evidence to start the proceedings against them," said Salihovic.
Dnevni Avaz
Damir Alagic, lawyer representing Samir Avdic who is currently in prison in Foca, stated that his client was forced into signing 102-page long statement about the alleged crimes of Bosniaks against the Bosnian Serb population around Srebrenica.
This bogus statement was drafted by the Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Seselj" and "mechanically" signed.
"This shameful policy of equalization of crimes in the Srebrenica area is led by the Greater-Serbian political activists," said Alagic.
He added that in the presense of the lawyer Muhamed Susic, Avdic stated in front of the court in Banja Luka that Serbs who tortured him promised to let him go from prison in a matter of two months if he signs bogus statement implicating a number of Bosniaks in alleged crimes against Serbs in the Srebrenica region.
"Therefore, we consider this statement irrelevant because it was forced, and we know well the degree of psychological abuse our client went through after being severely tortured by Serb authorities who arrested him in 1996."
The defence has a witness who confirms the alibi that the defendant Samir Avdic was not in the place where alleged murder too place. He was in a different location, said Susic.
Zulfo Salihovic, president of the organization of veterans (demobilized soldiers) who served in the Army of Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, also believes that Samir Avdic was forced to sign the statement.
"I know Saban Avdic who was not even a soldier, but a local Bosniak miller. As a civilians, he did not survive the fall of Srebrenica, but Serbs accused him of war crimes. Hakija Meholjic, Zulfo Tursunovic and Smajo Mandza had been questioned by Serb authorities, but there was no evidence to start the proceedings against them," said Salihovic.
Dnevni Avaz
[Bosnian language version]
Bolesnom Avdiću obećana sloboda i odlazak u Ameriku
Bolesnom Avdiću obećana sloboda i odlazak u Ameriku
Sramna je ova velikosrpska politika protiv mog branjenika, koja se vodi radi izjednačavanja zločina, kaže advokat Alagić...
Damir Alagić, advokat Samira Avdića, koji se trenutno nalazi u zatvoru u Foči, za kojeg Srpska radikalna stranka "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj" tvrdi je na 102 stranice dao izjavu o navodnim zločinima srebreničkih Bošnjaka nad srpskim stanovništvom, kaže da je riječ o psihičkom bolesniku, čija je izjava iznuđena i "mehanički" potpisana.
- Sramna je ova velikosrpska politika protiv mog branjenika, koja se vodi radi izjednačavanja zločina na srebreničkom području - kazao nam je Alagić.
On dodaje da je u njegovom prisustvu i u prisustvu Muhameda Sušića, također advokata, Avdić pred sudskim vijećem u Banjoj Luci rekao kako mu je obećano da će biti pušten na slobodu u roku od dva mjeseca i prebačen u Ameriku ako potpiše dokumente o navodnim zločinima Bošnjaka nad Srbima u Srebrenici iz ratnog perioda.
- Stoga ovaj iskaz smatramo irelevantnim i iznuđenim jer znamo u kakvom se psihičkom stanju nalazi naš klijent zbog torture koju je prošao 1996. godine kada je uhapšen.
Muhamed Sušić kaže da još čekaju odgovor od Suda na njihov zahtjev za uvjetno puštanje na slobodu i ponavljanje postupka protiv njihovog klijenta.
- Odbrana ima svjedoka koji potvrđuje da se Avdić nije nalazio na mjestu gdje je počinjeno ubistvo koje mu se stavlja na teret već da je bio na suprotnoj lokaciji - kazao je Sušić.
Optužili i mlinara koji nije preživio pad Srebrenice
I Zulfo Salihović, predsjednik Organizacije demobilisanih boraca Armije RBiH općine Srebrenica, smatra da je Samir Avdić prisiljen na potpisivanje dokumenta.
- Poznajem Šabana Avdića kojeg sumnjiče. Taj čovjek uopće nije bio vojnik, već milinar te nije uspio preživjeti pad Srebrenice. Hakija Meholjić, Zulfo Tursunović i Smajo Mandža ispitivani su i nema materijalnih dokaza za pokretanje procesa - kaže Salihović.
Dnevni Avaz
- Sramna je ova velikosrpska politika protiv mog branjenika, koja se vodi radi izjednačavanja zločina na srebreničkom području - kazao nam je Alagić.
On dodaje da je u njegovom prisustvu i u prisustvu Muhameda Sušića, također advokata, Avdić pred sudskim vijećem u Banjoj Luci rekao kako mu je obećano da će biti pušten na slobodu u roku od dva mjeseca i prebačen u Ameriku ako potpiše dokumente o navodnim zločinima Bošnjaka nad Srbima u Srebrenici iz ratnog perioda.
- Stoga ovaj iskaz smatramo irelevantnim i iznuđenim jer znamo u kakvom se psihičkom stanju nalazi naš klijent zbog torture koju je prošao 1996. godine kada je uhapšen.
Muhamed Sušić kaže da još čekaju odgovor od Suda na njihov zahtjev za uvjetno puštanje na slobodu i ponavljanje postupka protiv njihovog klijenta.
- Odbrana ima svjedoka koji potvrđuje da se Avdić nije nalazio na mjestu gdje je počinjeno ubistvo koje mu se stavlja na teret već da je bio na suprotnoj lokaciji - kazao je Sušić.
Optužili i mlinara koji nije preživio pad Srebrenice
I Zulfo Salihović, predsjednik Organizacije demobilisanih boraca Armije RBiH općine Srebrenica, smatra da je Samir Avdić prisiljen na potpisivanje dokumenta.
- Poznajem Šabana Avdića kojeg sumnjiče. Taj čovjek uopće nije bio vojnik, već milinar te nije uspio preživjeti pad Srebrenice. Hakija Meholjić, Zulfo Tursunović i Smajo Mandža ispitivani su i nema materijalnih dokaza za pokretanje procesa - kaže Salihović.
Dnevni Avaz
SREBRENICA 1992-1995: From 1992-1995 Serbs from heavily militarized villages around Srebrenica had forced approximately 40,000 Bosnian Muslim refugees to live in the Srebrenica ghetto with little or no means of survival. Furthermore, Serbs around Srebrenica had terrorized Srebrenica population by constantly attacking neighbouring Bosnian Muslim villages. In July 1995 the Bosnian Serb army staged a brutal takeover of Srebrenica and its surrounding area, where they proceeded to perpetrate genocide. Bosnian Serb soldiers separated Bosniak families, forcibly expelled 25,000-30,000 Bosniaks, and summarily executed at least 8,372 Bosnian Muslims - boys, men, and elderly.
posted by Srebrenica Genocide at 3:48 PM
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