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23 Apr 13 Bosnian Serb Prisoners ‘Regularly Abused’ at Dretelj Camp

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 prisoners were physically and mentally abused.

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23 Apr 13 Bosnian Serb Fighter ‘Organised Deadly Prisoner Convoys’

At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters for war crimes in Visegrad, a witness alleged that one defendant organised convoys from which civilians were taken and executed, including her husband.

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23 Apr 13 Serbian Paramilitary Describes Massacre of Kosovo Villagers

A key prosecution witness told the trial of 13 members of the Serbian ‘Jackals’ paramilitary unit how they massacred scores of ethnic Albanian civilians in Kosovo in 1999.

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defendant-claims-he-acted-humanly-in-trusina
22 Apr 13 Bosnian Soldier ‘Never Saw Croats Murdered’

Testifying at his trial for 22 killings during a wartime attack on the village of Trusina in 1993, a Bosnian serviceman said he heard an execution order but didn’t see the victims shot.

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22 Apr 13 Prijedor Witness Saw Dead Husband Outside Mosque

At the trial for war crimes in Bosnia’s Prijedor area, a witness recalled seeing her dead husband in front of a mosque where he and others were executed by Bosnian Serb forces in 1992.

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ex-figher-limaj-pleads-not-guilty-on-war-crimes
19 Apr 13 Prosecutor Seeks Limaj's Return to Detention

A EULEX prosecutor requested the Pristina court to return to detention the former KLA commander, Fatmir Limaj, charged with war crimes in Kosovo in 1999.

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19 Apr 13 Two Serbs Acquitted of War Rape in Kosovo

EULEX judges acquitted two persons charged with wartime rape and convicted only one of them, for unauthorised ownership, control, possession or use of weapons.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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12 Apr 13 Kosovo Commanders Accused of Prison Camp Torture

Witnesses in the high-profile trial of the ‘Llapi Group’ claimed Kosovo Liberation Army commanders beat, tortured and killed their relatives at a wartime detention centre in Llapashtica/Lapastica.

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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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