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Humanitarian Law Center
The Tahirbegovićs had to rent an apartment in Pljevlja
and never received any humanitarian aid. They tried to
return to their farm on 25 April 1996 but at about 11
o’clock that same night there was an armed attack on
their house. None of the family was hurt. They went
back to Pljevlja and were able to return to their home
that summer.
5.3. Physical and Mental Abuse of the Kaims
Osam Kaim (born 1913) of Bunguri village recounted to
the HLC what his sons Enver and Munever were put
through:
I can’t remember now how many times it happened. I
know they were beaten twice by our neighbors who
were in the VJ and Montenegrin police. Their names are
Barac and Danilović from Srečanje, I don’t know their
first names but I do know that they were in the police.
Then there was a Ristanović and two with the last name
Kovačević, who were VJ reservists. My sons live in Sarajevo
now and they know the names of these men. One
time in the summer of 1992 - I don’t know the exact date
- they beat my son Enver and relative Husein Bungur,
who is now in Sijovine near Goražde. They also made
them punch and beat each other with wooden staffs.
After that, they took them to the community center office
in Kovačevići and continued to beat them. The second
time, again I don’t remember the date, they beat my son
Enver in Kržava village so hard that he passed out. It
was the same men who beat him the first time. After that
beating, Enver fled to Pljevlja and from there to Turkey.
My son Munever was also beaten several times but he
can tell you about it better. 62
62 Statement by Osman Kaim, refugee center in Goražde, 22 October
2002.
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