BOSNIAN STATE COURT POSTPONES TRIAL OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINALS VINKO KONDIC,BOSKO LUKIC AND MARKO ADAMOVIC CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 21,2008) - The trial before the Bosnian State Court of Serbian war criminals Vinko Kondic, Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic, charged with genocide and war crimes committed against Bosnian civilians in the Kljuc area,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,has been postponed yesterday because the indictees were not brought to the courtroom from the detention units.

The Trial Chamber has decided to postpone the previously announced status conference at the trial for Kljuc war crimes because the two indictees have not been brought from the Detention Unit in Doboj. The public was not informed why they had not been brought to the hearing.

The Chamber has rescheduled the status conference for Monday, August 25.

Serbian war criminals Vinko Kondic, Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic are charged with having participated in organising and abetting a group of people in the perpetration of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Kljuc municipality in 1992,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The Defence of Serbian war criminals Bosko Lukic (1946) and Marko Adamovic (1940) filed a motion, requesting the transfer of their clients from the Doboj Correctional Facility to the Kula Facility, because they are "senior citizens", who become "distracted" by the long journey from the detention unit to the Bosnian State Court.

Dusko Panic, Defence attorney of Serbian war criminal Vinko Kondic, asked for his client to be transferred to Kula Facility because the Detention Unit of the Bosnian State Court, in which he is currently held, consists of "containers, in which there is not enough air". The Bosnian State Prosecution objected this proposal.

The Trial Chamber will render its decision at a later stage, after the Prosecution and Defence reply in writing.

Due to his bad health, Serbian war criminal Vinko Kondic was first transferred from Doboj Facility to Kula and, from there, he was transferred to the Detention Unit of the Bosnian State Court.
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