Tuesday, November 27, 2007

TRIAL OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL MILORAD TRBIC,CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE,TO CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE BOSNIAN STATE COURT

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (November 27,2007) - At the trial before the Bosnian State Court of Serbian war criminl Milorad Trbic, former member of the genocidal paramilitary forces of the Serbians living in Bosnia (VRS), the first prosecution witnesses are due to appear today, November 27.

Serbian war criminal Milorad Trbic is indicted for genocide committed against the Bosnian civilians in the Srebrenica region,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,The trial will continue over the following day as well.

Also,the trial of Serbian war criminal Jadranko Palija, charged with having committed crimes in Sanski Most, is to be completed this week before the Bosnian State Court, after the prosecution and defence present their closing arguments. These will be presented at the hearings scheduled for today and on November 28 and 29.
The trial of Serbian war criminals Zdravko Bozic, Mladen Blagojevic, Zeljko Zaric and Zoran Zivanovic continues today before the Bosnian State Court, when the prosecution is due to continue presenting material evidence.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges Serbian war criminals Zdravko Bozic, Mladen Blagojevic, Zeljko Zaric and Zoran Zivanovic, former members of the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia (VRS), with responsibility for detention and mass murder of the Bosnian civilians in the eastern Bosnian town of Bratunac in July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Also,the Bosnian State Prosecutor will continue presenting its evidence before the Bosnian State Court today against Serbian war criminals Mitar Rasevic and Savo Todovic, former members of the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia (VRS), indicted for crimes committed against Bosnian civilians in the Foca concentration camp from 1992 to 1994.

As announced at the last hearing, the Bosnian State Prosecutor will finalise the evidence presentation at the trial of Serbian war criminals Zeljko Mejakic, Momcilo Gruban, Dusan Fustar and Dusko Knezevic, who are charged with having committed crimes against humanity in the Bosnian city of Prijedor in 1992. The indictees are due to appear before the Bosnian State Court today and and on Friday, November 30.

The trial of Croatian war criminal Pasko Ljubicic is due to continue on November 28, when new prosecution witnesses will appear.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges Croatian war criminal Pasko Ljubicic in his former capacity as commander of the Croatian aggressor's formations, which also included the "Jokers" Squad.

The indictment alleges that Croatian war criminal Pasko Ljubicic planned and ordered the attack on Bosnian towns of Vitez and Busovaca and the surrounding villages during the Croatian aggression against Bosnia in the early 1990's.

On that same day, and also on November 29, the defence teams of the 11 Serbian war criminals charged with genocide committed in the village of Kravica near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica will continue presenting their evidence.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges the 11 former members of the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia with involvement in the mass murder of more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravica. The indictment alleges that those Bosnian civilians were captured and taken away by the genocidal Serbian aggressor on July 13, 1995.

On November 28 and 30, Croatian war criminals Marko Radic, Dragan Sunjic, Damir Brekalo and Mirko Vracevic ,charged with having committed crimes in the Vojno concentration camp near the southern Bosnian city of Mostar,during the Croatian aggression against Bosnia in the early 1990's, are due to appear before the Bosnian State Court. Two more prosecution witnesses will be examined first.

The trial of Croatian war criminal Zdravko Mihaljevic, charged with mass murder of the Bosnian civilians from the Tulice village near Kiseljak is due to continue on Thursday, November 29.

The indictment alleges that Croatian war criminal Zdravko Mihaljevic was commander of the Croatian aggressor's "Maturice" Special Purposes Squad. The Bosnian State Prosecutor considers that he participated in the attack on the Bosnian village of Tulice and that he participated in the mass murder of Bosnian civilians in that village on June 12, 1993.

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