srebrenica-prisoners-executed-or-exchanged-witness-confused
18 Apr 13 Srebrenica Witness Changes Line on Executions

At the trial for the genocide in Srebrenica, a prosecution witness said the defendant did not refer to the execution of people at the Petkovci dam in July 1995, having claimed the opposite during the investigation.

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human-shield-was-hell-says-witness
17 Apr 13 Vogosca Witness Recalls Use as Human Shield

At the trial for crimes committed in Vogosca, a witness for the prosecution said he was held captive in Planjina Kuca in 1992, where he regularly saw Branko Vlaco.

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evidence-compressed-in-kosovo-organ-trafficking-case
17 Apr 13 Prosecutor Sums Up Kosovo Organ Trafficking Case

In his final statement, Medicus case EULEX prosecutor Jonathan Ratel displayed evidence of an alleged international organ trafficking network, saying illegal transplants undoubtedly took place in the clinic.

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witness-recalls-dzeko-hitting-him-in-the-head
17 Apr 13 Bosniak Fighter ‘Abused Croat Prisoners’ in Jablanica

At the war crimes trial of former Bosnian fighter Edin Dzeko, a witness said the defendant assaulted him and imprisoned him in an underground storage unit for ten days in 1993.

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suspects-for-us-embassy-attack-in-belgrade-plead-not-guilty
17 Apr 13 Serb Suspects Plead Not Guilty to Embassy Attack

The group of 12 accused of setting fire to the US embassy in Belgrade during riots in 2008 have all pleaded not guilty.

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brammertz-expresses-support-for-bosnian-judiciary
16 Apr 13 Strengthen Bosnian Judiciary, Urges Hague Chief Prosecutor

Speaking in Sarajevo, prosecutor Serge Brammertz said judicial institutions must be improved to deal with war crimes cases effectively after the Hague Tribunal closes.

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journalists-to-testify-in-a-mercep-trial
16 Apr 13 Croatia Mass Killings Witness Dodges Mercep Trial

A member of a police unit led by former Croatian interior ministry advisor Tomislav Mercep, who is accused of wartime atrocities, has evaded police efforts to bring him to court to testify.

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trusina-attacked-by-unknown-soldiers
16 Apr 13 ‘Unknown Bosnian Soldiers’ Killed Croats in Trusina

Testifying at his trial for 22 killings during a wartime attack on the village of Trusina in 1993, a Bosnian serviceman said that “unknown soldiers” were responsible for the deaths.

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verdict-against-six-herceg-bosna-leaders-on-may-29
15 Apr 13 Bosnian Croat Leaders’ Hague Verdict Set For May

The Hague Tribunal said six former leaders of the wartime Bosnian Croat statelet Herceg-Bosna, accused of trying to create a ‘Greater Croatia’, can expect their verdict on May 29.

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assistant-anesthetists-don-t-deny-organ-trafficking-in-medicus
15 Apr 13 Kosovo Clinic Staff Reject Organ-Trafficking Claims

Two assistant anaesthetists at a Kosovo clinic accused of illegal kidney-trading said they took part in organ transplants but did not know the operations were illegal.

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radicals-accuse-icty-for-keeping-seselj-as-political-prisoner
15 Apr 13 Seselj Allies Furious Over Postponed Hague Verdict

As The Hague Tribunal moved the war crimes verdict on Serbian Radicals’ leader Vojislav Seselj back to October, his party said it proved that he is a political prisoner.

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no-conspiracy-against-bosniaks-karadzic-s-trial-told
15 Apr 13 ‘No Conspiracy Against Non-Serbs’, Karadzic’s Trial Told

Ex-prime minister of Republika Srpska Dusan Kozic told Radovan Karadzic’s Hague Tribunal trial that the Bosnian Serbs’ former political leader never ordered or supported war crimes.

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mladic-s-trial-hears-of-srebrenica-massacre
15 Apr 13 Srebrenica Massacre Survivor Recalls Prisoner Executions

A witness testified at Ratko Mladic’s Hague trial that the former Bosnian Serb commander told prisoners from Srebrenica that they would be exchanged, but instead they were massacred.

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bosnian-state-court-convicts-cajnice-police-chief
12 Apr 13 Bosnian Serb Police Chief Jailed for Cajnice Expulsions

Ex-police chief Milorad Zivkovic was jailed for six years for detaining and expelling Bosniaks from the eastern municipality of Cajnice in 1992 in a ruling that also saw a paramilitary fighter acquitted.

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relatives-demand-reopening-of-macedonian-missing-persons-case
12 Apr 13 Families of Macedonian Missing Demand New Prosecution

A new human rights report on Macedonia has brought hope for relatives of people who’ve been missing since the armed conflict between government forces and rebels in 2001.



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