Sredoje Lukic had been in hiding in Russia until his surrender. The co-accused, Milan Lukic, has recently been arrested in Argentina.

Former member of the White Eagles in Visegrad is charged in twelve counts of the indictment with extermination, persecution on political, racial or religious grounds, murders, beatings and inhumane and cruel treatment of Bosniak civilians between May and October 1992

After his transfer to the UN Detention Unit from Banja Luka last Friday, former policeman from Visegrad Sredoje Lukic pleads not guilty to any of the 12 counts of the indictment. The prosecution has already filed an application for the referral of the Visegrad case to BH courts

The trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic, for some of the most brutal crimes committed in Visegrad in 1992, is scheduled to begin on 9 July 2008. The prosecution has obtained new evidence and now wants to amend the indictment to include the rape charge

In his opening statement at the beginning of the trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic, the prosecutor noted the ‘unprecedented level of cruelty’ of the crimes committed personally by the two accused. Among other crimes, the accused are charged with burning of about 140 women, children and old men alive in two houses in Visegrad in June 1992. Both accused will present an alibi defense

At the trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic, protected witnesses VG-14 and VG-79 described the execution of a group of Muslim men on the bank of the Drina river on 7 June 1992. 'I had a feeling that they enjoyed it, killing people with delight', a witness who survived the execution noted

Huso Kurspahic decides to forgo protective measures and testifies in public about the living pyre in the Pionirska Street in Visegrad and other crimes committed in the spring of 1992 Milan and Sredoje Lukic are charged with. Kurspahic lost his mother, his sisters and about fifty other relatives in the house in Pionirska Street. Kurspahic already testified against Mitar Vasiljevic, with protective measures

In her evidence at the trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic, prosecution witness VG-13 describes how she managed to save her son and herself from the house in the Pionirska Street in Visegrad where some 70 Bosniak women, children and old men were locked in and burned alive in June 1992

VG-32, one of the two Bosniaks who survived the execution on the Drina river bank near Visegrad on 7 June 1992 testifies at the trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic. As he identified Milan Lukic in the courtroom, the witness said that he 'remembered well his smile' before the execution on the river bank

Mother and son who managed to escape the living pyre in the Pionirska Street on 14 June 1992 gave evidence at the trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic, charged with crimes committed in Visegrad. The witnesses recounted how they were humiliated before the house in which they were shut in together with some 70 other Bosniak prisoners was set on fire. Only seven of them survived

Zehra Turjacanin, the only survivor from the burning house in Bikavac, Visegrad, testified today at the trial of Milan and Sredoje Lukic. The house was set on fire on 27 June 1992; there were some 70 Bosniaks inside. She described ‘what it felt like to burn alive’. She concluded her poignant testimony about the living pyre in Bikavac – several members of her family were burned to death and she herself was severely burned in the house – by saying, ‘I’m alive, life is beautiful and I want to keep on living my life to the full’

Prosecution witness Hamdija Vilic claims he has been offered € 100,000 by Milan Lukic’s defense to secure an alibi for Milan Lukic for a crime in the Pionirska Street in Visegrad by giving false evidence. Seventy women, children and elderly people were burned alive in the incident. The prosecution has rested its case

After the defense of Milan Lukic once again failed to start its case, the Trial Chamber decided to subtract the time for the examination of those two witnesses from the total time allotted to the defense for its case. The defense called for the disqualification of the Trial Chamber including the presiding judge, current ICTY president, Judge Robinson

Milan Lukic’s defense has been granted permission to call Latifa Kurspahic as its additional witness. Kurspahic and her daughters are listed among the victims of the ‘living pyre’ in the Pionirska Street in Visegrad. The prosecution has allowed the possibility that the three names were mistakenly put on the victim list, but has rejected the defense allegations that the list contains a number of mistakes

The prosecution requested today that names of four persons be deleted from the victim list for the Pionirska Street. The defense counsel of Milan Lukic claims that the problem could not be solved by simply ‘deleting names’; according to the defense, those errors ‘influence the case in a more significant manner’.

US forensic psychologist has testified about the emotional and cognitive state of the accused Milan Lukic. In an interview in the UN Detention, the psychologist learned that Lukic’s favorite book was The Bridge on the Drina and his favorite movie Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

At the trial for crimes against Muslims in Visegrad the witness called by the Trial Chamber described how Milan Lukic killed Hajra Koric cold-bloodedly in front of a group of women. Contrary to that, the defense claims that a person mentioned as ‘he’ in one of the witness’s previous statements was not Milan Lukic but unidentified ‘other Chetnik’

In its closing argument, the prosecution has called for a sentence that will ensure that Milan and Sredoje Lukic ‘will remain in prison for the rest of their lives’, a sentence that will send a clear message that there is no mercy for those capable of committing such heinous crimes. Milan Lukic’s defense contends the prosecution has failed to prove Milan Lukic’s responsibility beyond reasonable doubt, asking for his acquittal. Sredoje Lukic’s defense will deliver its closing argument tomorrow

‘In the all too long, sad and wretched history of man’s inhumanity to man’, the crimes committed by Milan and Sredoje Lukic in Visegrad, in particular the burning of helpless civilians, ‘must rank high’ in the 20th century which abounds with such acts the Trial Chamber concluded.

At the appellate hearing, Milan Lukic’s defense claimed that Lukic was a victim of ‘rumors’; the witnesses who identified him as the perpetrator of crimes in Visegrad were wrong. Lukic was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Visegrad crimes. The prosecution contends that the Trial Chamber ‘carefully considered and analyzed the identification evidence’ and made a correct decision

Sredoje Lukic’s defense contends that there is no sufficient evidence to convict him of aiding and abetting the crime in the Pionirska Street in Visegrad. The prosecution urged the Trial Chamber not to believe the defense’s claims that the accused was just an ‘innocent passerby’

The prosecution asked the Appeals Chamber to ‘correct the error’ of the Trial Chamber that sentenced Sredoje Lukic to 30 years for ‘aiding and abetting the murder and persecution’ of Muslims from Visegrad and to impose a harsher sentence. The defense countered that the prosecution’s request was ‘totally groundless’

The appellate judgment in the case against Milan and Sredoje Lukic is expected to be rendered soon, after July 2012, the judges said at a status conference today. The Trial Chamber convicted Milan and Sredoje Lukic of grave crimes against Muslims in Visegrad

As the presiding judge in the appellate proceedings of Milan and Sredoje Lukic indicated today, the Appeals Chamber would render its judgment for crimes against Muslims in Visegrad before the Tribunal’s winter recess. This year the Tribunal’s winter recess begins in mid-December

On 4 December 2012, Milan and Sredoje Lukic will hear the final judgment for crimes against Muslims in Visegrad. The Trial Chamber sentenced Milan Lukic to life and Sredoje Lukic to 30 years in prison

Milan and Sredoje Lukic heard the final judgment for grave crimes against Muslims in Visegrad in 1992 and 1993. Milan Lukic smiled cynically, and Sredoje Lukic appeared crestfallen. The representatives of the victims from Visegrad were happy with the judgment

Milan Lukic has been sentenced to life in prison at the Tribunal for the crimes against Muslims in Visegrad. Lukic, who is serving his sentence in Estonia, has now demanded to be transferred to a prison in some other country. It is complicated to maintain relations with his family and the language barrier inflicts on Lukic "growing psychological harm"

The prosecution has urged the Tribunal to dismiss in full Milan Lukic’s motion for his transfer to another country where he would then serve his life sentence. Lukic was convicted of the crimes against Muslims in Visegrad

'How can we accept a system in which the President, who chooses the judges at his discretion, rules in the Appeals Chamber, then in the review Chamber and in the appeal of the review decision?', asks Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti in a bid to justify his decision to withdraw from the chamber considering Milan Lukic’s appeal against the dismissal of his motion for a review of his judgment