Reading out the testimony of Drazen Erdemovic at the Aleksandar Cvetkovics trial, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, was postponed for the next week, because the defence did not receive the statements.
War criminal Stanko Kojic told the genocide trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic that Bosnian Serb troops killed several hundred prisoners from Srebrenica one by one in order not to waste any bullets.
Former Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadzic, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, presents Franc Kos as Defence witness before The Hague Tribunal. Kos confirms that, in his capacity as member of the RS Army, he participated in the shooting of hundreds of Srebrenica Muslims on Branjevo military farm, near Zvornik, in July 1995.
The Defence of Ratko Mladic suggests at his trial before the Hague Tribunal that, during the offensive on Srebrenica in July 1995 Republika Srpska, RS President Radovan Karadzic had direct contacts with Radislav Krstic, Commander of the Drina Corps with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, who commanded the attack.
A former intelligence officer with the Main Headquarters of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, says, testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic, that he first heard about the shooting of thousands of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, which happened in July 1995, at the end of that year or in 1996, although he was present in the enclave two days after its fall.
Testifying at the trial of Ratko Mladic, Petar Salapura, former Chief of the Intelligence Administration of the Main Headquarters with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, confirms that members of the Tenth Reconnaissance Squad participated in the shooting of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995.
The impact of Yugoslav general Momcilo Perisics acquittal illustrates the insurmountable distance between the Hague Tribunal and people in the Balkans, who must take responsibility for dealing with their past.
The Supreme Court of Israel has decided that there are no obstacles to extraditing Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is suspected of participating in genocide in Srebrenica, to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hague verdicts hold High Command under Ratko Mladic most responsible for the carnage in Srebrenica, along with active participation of Bosian Serb armys Drina Corps.