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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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serbs-acquitted-of-war-rapes-in-kosovo
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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bosnian-serb-prisoners-beaten-with-batons-in-silos
12 Apr 13 Bosnian Serbs ‘Beaten with Batons’ at Silos Camp

A former prisoner told the trial for war crimes committed in Hadzici near Sarajevo that he was physically assaulted after being taken to the Silos detention camp.

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witness-recalls-sexual-intercourse-with-defendant
11 Apr 13 Bosnian Serb Fighter’s Trial Hears ‘Rape’ Allegation

A witness at the war crimes trial of Zoran Dragicevic testified that she felt intimidated into having sex with the Bosnian Serb soldier, but said she was not violently attacked.

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visegrad-witness-says-he-was-viciously-abused
10 Apr 13 Bosnia Prisoner Recalls Visegrad Police Station Abuse

At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters, a witness said he was beaten and sexually humiliated in Visegrad in 1992 but wasn’t sure whether the defendant was among his abusers.

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serbia-brings-charges-for-crimes-in-bihac
09 Apr 13 Serbia Charges Soldier With 18 Murders in Bihac

Serbia has filed war crimes charges against former Bosnian Serb serviceman Djuro Tadic for killing 18 civilians in Bihac in north-west Bosnia in 1993.

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mercep-trial-witness-s-husband-never-came-back
09 Apr 13 Mercep Unit Accused of Croatia Jail Murder

A witness told the war crimes trial of Tomislav Mercep, a former top Croatian interior ministry advisor, that her husband was killed at a military prison run by the defendant’s unit.

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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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Key dates and events in transitional justice in Serbia.

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