Friday, 18 april 2025.
Red Berets’ Role in Bosnia Disputed at Stanisic Trial
Trial of Jovica Stanisic, former chief of Serbian security service, SDB, sees fresh arguments over whether its units aided the Bosnian Serb army in the ethnic cleansing of eastern Bosnia.
Stanisic Lawyers Duel Over Red Berets’ Links to Serbia
The defence for Jovica Stanisic denied that the Red Berets unit was associated with the Serbian State Security Service, SDB – while a Hague prosecution expert witness maintained that they...
Stanisic Defence Dismisses Paramilitary Links to SDB
A lawyer for former Serbian State Security chief Jovica Stanisic told his trial that the prosecution’s expert had not presented any evidence confirming ties between Serbian paramilitaries in Bosnia and...
‘No Evidence’ that Serbian Security Commanded Paramilitaries
Former Serbian State Security chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence told his trial in The Hague that there was no evidence that paramilitary forces who committed war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia...
Serbian Security Chief Denies Controlling Arkan’s ‘Tigers’
Former Serbian State Security Service Jovica Stanisic’s defence denied that the ‘Tigers’ paramilitary unit led by Arkan and the ‘Scorpions’ fighters were commanded by Belgrade during the Croatian and Bosnian...
Belgrade ‘Controlled Fighters’ Who Committed Crimes in Croatia
Military expert Reynaud Theunens testified at Stanisic and Simatovic’s trial at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Wednesday that Serbian State Security Service (SDB) units were...
Serbian Security Service ‘Participated in Bosnia War Crimes’
A prosecution military expert told the trial of former Serbian State Security Service chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that their units were involved in the persecution and killing of...
Hague Court Says Serbia Must Agree to Try Radicals
The UN war crimes tribunal said Belgrade must declare its willingness to take over the case against two Serbian Radical Party members who are wanted for interfering with witnesses at...
Hague Witness: ‘Arkan’s Men’ Killed Bosniaks in Zvornik
A witness told the trial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that Serb paramilitary forces led by the notorious Arkan murdered Bosniaks in Zvornik in April...