Testifying at the trial of Ratko Mladic, witnesses from Srebrenica says that they lost their husbands, sons and other relatives, whom were captured by Republika Srpska Army, VRS, members, following the fall of the enclave in July 1995.
Prosecution witness Leendert van Duijn says at the trial of Ratko Mladic that a Serb officer told him, in the days that followed the occupation of Srebrenica in July 1995, that captured Bosniaks would no longer need their personal documents, which were previously confiscated from them.
Most of the hearing in the case of Ratko Mladic held at The Hague was closed to public, because a Prosecution witness, whose identity was protected, testified behind closed doors.
While cross-examining Edin Suljic, the Defence of Ratko Mladic denies the findings made by Sarajevo police about the first explosion at Markale market in February 1994, when more than 200 Sarajevo citizens were either killed or wounded.
During the cross-examination of former UNPROFOR Commander Rupert Smith, the Defence of Ratko Mladic says that United Nations (UN) blue helmets were biased in favour of Bosniaks in 1995, but the witness denies the allegation.
Cross examining former UNPROFOR Commander in BiH Rupert Smith, the Defence of Ratko Mladic tried to dispute his claim that Bosnian Serb forces fired the mortar that killed and wounded dozens of Sarajevo citizens in the summer of 1995.
The trial of the former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, continued with the cross examination of the former deputy commander of the UN protection forces, UNPROFOR, in Sarajevo, Canadian General David Fraser.
During the trial of Ratko Mladic, who is charged with genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Defence compares the shelling of Sarajevo from Republika Srpska Army, VRS positions with the U.S.-led Operation Deliberate Force, designed to quickly weaken the enemy.
Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague removed Ratko Mladic, who is charged with genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, out of the courtroom today after he laughed and pointed during the testimony of protected witness RM-081.