The Defence of Momir Pelemis, who is charged together with Slavko Peric with genocide committed in Srebrenica in July 1995, has completed its presentation of evidence with the examination of the first indictee's son.
At the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, three witnesses testify for the defence of Momir Pelemis and say that, as far as they knew, members of the First Battalion with the Zvornik Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, did not participate in the murder of prisoners in Pilica village.
Two witnesses testify in defence of Momir Pelemis at the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica and say that members of the First Battalion with Zvornik Brigade neither knew about nor participated in the murder of detainees in the Cultural Center in Pilica in July 1995.
At the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, a witness testifying for the Defence of indictee Momir Pelemis said that indictee Slavko Peric selected soldiers to guard the men detained in the Pilica Cultural Center in order to protect the village.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has rejected Vlastimir Golijan’s admission of guilt for participation in genocide committed in Srebrenica in July 1995, because the indictee does not understand the meaning of the crime with which he is charged.
A defence witness for Momir Pelemis told his trial for genocide at Srebrenica that the Branjevo farm was exclusively a civilian area and not under the armys control.
The state prosecution has accused four former members of the Tenth Reconnaissance Squad with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, with genocide at Srebrenica.