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23 May 13 ‘Stress’ Disrupts Bosnian Croats’ Trial For Busovaca Killings

The war crimes trial of two former fighters accused of killing Bosniak civilians in Busovaca in central Bosnia in 1993 was postponed because one defendant fell ill due to stress.

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23 May 13 Alleged Kosovo Guerrilla Jail Bosses ‘Not Heroes’

The ‘Llapi Group’, three leading Kosovo Liberation Army ex-fighters accused of torturing prisoners during wartime, should be jailed, an EU prosecutor said at their trial.

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22 May 13 Kosovo War Crimes Case Witness Slams EU Prosecutor

A witness at the trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters accused of abusing prisoners at the wartime Klecka jail said he was never beaten and accused EU prosecutors of pressurising him.

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21 May 13 Bosnian Serb Detainees ‘Beaten, Sexually Abused’ at Dretelj

A witness at the trial of five Croatian Defence Forces fighters for war crimes at the Dretelj detention camp in southern Bosnia in 1992 said he was physically and sexually abused while imprisoned.

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21 May 13 Bosniaks Recall Deadly Visegrad Prisoner Convoy

At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters for war crimes in Visegrad in 1992, a witness said that one defendant played a key role in removing Bosniak villagers from their homes.

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21 May 13 ‘Prisoners’ Blood and Brains’ Spilled in Bosnia School

At the trial of Bosnian Serb fighter Savo Babic for war crimes in Bratunac, a witness said detainees had to clean human brains from a school floor after prisoners held there were beaten.

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17 May 13 Bosnian Woman Jailed for Torturing War Prisoners

Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the few women tried in Bosnia for war crimes, has been convicted of torturing and abusing detention-camp prisoners in Brcko and jailed for four years.

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17 May 13 Bosnian Serbs Arrest Bosniaks for Wartime Murders

Police officers from Banja Luka arrested Semir Alukic and Fikret Hirkic under suspicion that they committed war crimes against Serb civilians near Prijedor in 1992.

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16 May 13 Hague Sets Date for Stanisic and Simatovic Judgement

The verdict in the war crimes case against two top Serbian security officials will be handed down in two weeks’ time, the Hague Tribunal has announced.

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16 May 13 Bosnia Woman Accused of Jail Torture Awaits Verdict

The prosecution urged a conviction for Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the only women being tried in Bosnia for war crimes, but the defence said she wasn’t guilty of torturing detention camp inmates.

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15 May 13 Bosnian Serb Boy ‘Watched Fighter Murder Neighbours’

A witness at the trial for one of the first war crimes of the Bosnian conflict said he saw defendant Zemir Kovacevic kill his neighbours in Bosanski Brod in 1992, when he was ten years old.

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15 May 13 Bosniaks Plead Innocent to Kladanj War Crimes

Eight former servicemen and police officers pleaded not guilty to mistreating Bosnian Serb prisoners in the village of Stupari near Kladanj in central Bosnia during the 1990s conflict.

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14 May 13 Bosnian Serb Fighter ‘Organised Deadly Visegrad Convoys’

At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters for war crimes in Visegrad in 1992, a witness said one defendant organised convoys to remove Bosniak civilians from surrounding villages.

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14 May 13 Serbian Police Official Apologises for Kosovo War Crimes

Former high-ranking Serbian interior ministry official Vlastimir Djordjevic admitted war crimes were committed against Kosovo Albanians during the 1999 conflict and apologised to civilian victims.

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13 May 13 Bosnian Croat Tried for Zepce Prisoner Killings

Former fighter Franjo Pravdic is accused of having killed two Bosniak brothers who were being held as prisoners of war in Zepce in central Bosnia in 1993.

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Timeline – Cuska Case

Timeline of events in the case against 13 former Serb fighters charged with committing war crimes in the villages of Cuska, Zahac, Ljubenic and Pavlac in Kosovo in 1999.

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