The trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, has been postponed, because three State Prosecution witnesses fail to appear before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
Testifying at the trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, a State Prosecution witness says that he heard that Srebrenica residents, whom he saw detained in a school building in Pilica, were done away with.
A former Bosnian Serb Army intelligence chief told the genocide trial of Srebrenica massacre suspect Aleksandar Cvetkovic that he had heard that the defendants squad participated in the killings.
The first prosecution witness at the trial of Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Aleksandar Cvetkovic, accused of participating in genocide, described how he lived through the executions in 1995.
The trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, begins with reading of the indictment and presentation of introductory statements by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Defence.
Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who was recently extradited to Bosnia from Israel, pleaded not guilty to charges of participating in genocide against civilians who fled from Srebrenica in 1995.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests an extension of custody for Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica. The Defence objects to the request, asking the Court to release the indictee to liberty under prohibiting measures.
By presenting a series of intercepted conversations between Republika Srpska Army, VRS, officers at Ratko Mladics trial during the testimony by military expert Richard Butler, the Hague International Tribunals Prosecution tries to prove that the execution of thousands of Srebrenica Muslims in July 1995 was an operation ordered and conducted by the top leadership of that Army.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who was earlier extradited from Israel over his suspected involvement in the Srebrenica genocide, into one-month custody because he might flee.