Closing arguments of Defence in the Predrag Bastah and Another case, before the Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have been scheduled for 28 January 2010, starting at 9:00a.m. in courtroom 7. Predrag Bastah and Goran Višković are charged with Crimes against Humanity.

As alleged in the Indictment, the accused Predrag Bastah and Goran Višković, in the period from April until the end of September 1992, took part in a systematic attack directed against the non-Serb population of the Vlasenica Municipality. The accused allegedly took part in the arrest, capture and detention of Bosniak civilians in the camp “Sušica”. As the Indictment alleges among other things, on 23 April 1992 the accused Predrag Bastah, as a member of the Reserve Police Force Vlasenica, in the immediate vicinity of the catering establishment „Lipa“ in Vlasenica, together with another Serb soldier, ordered a civilian to drive to the Police Station in Vlasenica. Later on, together with three other Serb soldiers the accused Bastah allegedly beat him all over his body causing severe physical injuries. Furthermore, as alleged in the Indictment, on 31 May 1992 the accused Bastah took part in the unlawful detention of two Bosniak civilians in the Police Station Vlasenica, where they were allegedly tortured.