The Trial Chamber of The Hague Tribunal rejects a motion filed by indictee Radovan Karadzic, who requested their exemption due to the expiry of their mandates.
Following the completion of testimony by Defence witness Zoran Kovacevic before The Hague Tribunal, a one-month summer break at the trial of Ratko Mladic, former Commander of the Republika Srpska Army, has begun.
Defence witness Zoran Kovacevic says, testifying at Ratko Mladics trial at the Hague, that, one day after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 he did not see abuse of Muslim civilians or separation of men from women and children in Potocari.
Testifying in defence of Ratko Mladic, former Serb policeman Nenad Deronjic rejects, as a lie, an allegation by key Prosecution witness Momir Nikolic, who said that he was present, when the indictee made a gesture, indicating that all Muslim captives from Srebrenica would be killed.
As Ratko Mladics trial continues before The Hague Tribunal, Defence witness Veselinko Simovic says that he would put some of the Serbs, who were sentenced for crimes in Foca, on an electric chair.
As the Defence of Ratko Mladic continues presenting evidence, witness Zoran Nikolic says that, during the war he did not know about crimes against Muslims and sexual violence against Muslim women in that town.
¸The Deefnce of Ratko Mladic tries to deny the allegation that members of Serb forces raped and subjected Muslim women to sexual violence in Foca in 1992 by examining witness Milan Vujicic.
Radovan Karadzic,former President of Republika Srpska, who is charged with genocide and other crimes in BiH, files a motion with The Hague Tribunal, requesting exemption of all judges sitting at his trial, saying that their mandates have expired.
Testifying at Ratko Mladics trial, Defence witness Dragan Milanovic says that dogs of war from Serbia and Montenegro, who were not under anybodys command, used to pillage and burn Muslim houses in Foca in the spring of 1992.
Testifying in defence of Ratko Mladic before the Hague Tribunal, a witness denies that the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, took UNPROFOR members hostage in the spring of 1995.