Serb former detainees Nedeljko Blagojević and Predrag Nikolić from Derventa, who survived abuse in the Rabić detention camp in Derventa in 1992, are scheduled to testify tomorrow before U.S. investigators and prosecutors, according to Drago Knežević, President of the Derventa Association of Former Camp Detainees.
Knežević told Srna that U.S. investigators and prosecutors advised witnesses not to publicly disclose the identities of individuals who are the subject of the ongoing investigation or are suspected of war crimes committed against Serbs in the Derventa area in 1992.
He recalled that he testified yesterday before the U.S. investigators and prosecutors regarding alleged war crimes committed against Serbs in Derventa in 1992 and submitted an expert study on war crimes and crimes of genocide against civilians in the Derventa area, published in 2003.
So far, those who have testified before the U.S. investigators at the Basic Court in Derventa include Dr. Željko Stajić, Drago Knežević, and Borislav Miodanić, all from Derventa.
A total of eight former Serb detainees are expected to give testimony over a four-day period, concluding on Thursday.
During the 1992 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the Army of Republika Srpska had been formally established, Croatian and Bosniak forces attacked the local Serb population in the Derventa area, according to the account presented in the statement.
Detention facilities for Serbs were subsequently established, with the Army Hall facility and the Rabić camp described as the most notorious. According to the statement, around 120 Serbs were detained at the Rabić camp, while several hundred Serb civilians passed through detention facilities in the Derventa area during the conflict.
Source: RTRS
