After a trial that has lasted nearly two years, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Aleksandar Cvetkovic trial on July 2. Cvetkovic has been indicted for genocide in Srebrenica.
Presenting his closing statement, Aleksandar Cvetkovic’s defense attorney said Cvetkovic didn’t participate in the execution of civilians from Srebrenica on the Branjevo Farm in the municipality of Zvornik in July 1995. As such, the defense believes that their client should be acquitted of charges of participating in genocide.
The state prosecution requested long-term imprisonment for Aleksandar Cvetkovc, who’s been charged with genocide in Srebrenica.
Presenting its closing arguments at the Aleksandar Cvetkovic trial, the state prosecution said Cvetkovic’s Tenth Sabotage Detachment of the Bosnian Serb Army participated in attacks on Srebrenica and the execution of hundreds of Srebrenica civilians at the Branjevo farm in July 1995.
The Bosnian state court is expected to make a decision regarding the presentation of evidence in the Aleksandar Cvetkovic trial. The decision would bring an end to the presentation of evidence and would lead to the state prosecution’s closing statement.
At today’s hearing of the Aleksandar Cvetkovic trial, the trial chamber approved a motion by the state prosecution to watch a video recording of testimony previously given by former UN military observer Joseph Kingori. The video recording will be presented to the Bosnian state court at the next hearing.
At today’s hearing of the Aleksander Cvetkovic trial, the defense included 44 pieces of material evidence in the case file. Cvetkovic, a former Bosnian Serb fighter, is charged with mass killings that took place during the Srebrenica genocide.
At the trial of former Bosnian Serb soldier Aleksandar Cvetkovic, defense witnesses said that the defendant was known for distributing humanitarian aid from Serbia during the Bosnian war.
Testifying at the trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, a Defence expert witness denies findings by a State Prosecution expert concerning the identification of bodies from the Srebrenica area.
Testifying in defence of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, a witness says that the indictee did not participate in the shooting of Muslim captives on Branjevo in July 1995.