As the trial for genocide in Srebrenica continues, a State Prosecution witness says that he saw the separation of men in Potocari and their taking away to “a white house”.
Testimony from a former member of the Dutch batallion tasked with protecting Srebrenica in 1995 described how frightened Bosniak men were separated from their families by Serb forces.
As the trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic for Srebrenica genocide continues, State Prosecution witnesses say that they participated in transportation of people from Srebrenica, as well as male captives.
As the trial continues before the Hague Tribunal of Ratko Mladic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, , his Defence suggests that, when Mladic told representatives of Srebrenica Muslims that they could survive or disappear, he referred to Muslim soldiers, who had still not surrendered to the Republika Srpska Army, VRS.
The ICTY and Bosnia’s state court have together convicted 27 persons for the 1995 atrocity, with nine judgments still pending before the state court.
Retired intelligence Lieutenant Colonel of the Republika Srpska Army Petar Salapura says at Radovan Karadzic’s trial that the liquidation of Bosniaks had never been mentioned among members of the Main Headquarters of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, prior to the attack on Srebrenica in July 1995.
Presenting its appeal against a verdict under which Bosko Lazic was sentenced to fifteen months in prison for giving false testimony, the Defence requests the Court to either acquit the indictee or pronounce shorter imprisonment sentence.
Former Republika Srpska Army, VRS, officer Momir Nikolic testifies at Ratko Mladic's trial and says that, one day after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 VRS Lieutenant Colonel Vujadin Popovic announced to him that all Muslim men from the town would be killed.
The trial of Ratko Mladic continues with testimony by Prosecution investigator Tomasz Blaszczyk about a film footage made by Belgrade journalist Zoran Petrovic Pirocanac in the Srebrenica surroundings following the occupation of the enclave by the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, in July 1995.