As the trial of Radovan Karadzic continues, Defence witness Gojko Cekic says that prisoners of war, who were held in the Batkovic collection centre, near Bijeljina, were treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
As the trial of Radovan Karadzic continues, Defence witness Milovan Bjelica denies the responsibility of Serb authorities in Sokolac for crimes and the departure of Bosniaks from that municipality in 1992.
The Hague Tribunal charged retired Bosnian Serb general Radislav Krstic with contempt of court because he twice refused to testify in his former leader Radovan Karadzics defence.
The Hague Tribunal has wholly or partly paid for the defence of most of the suspects tried for wartime violations, but cannot reveal the amount of money actually spent.
In testifying for the defence of Radovan Karadzic, former Republika Srpska Deputy Interior Minister, Dobrislav Planojevic stated that he had never received any written reports on war crimes against non-Serbs in BiH.
In the trial of Radovan Karadzic, charged with persecution of Bosniaks and Croats, defence witness Dragomir Ljubojevic stated that Muslim civilians left Bijeljina voluntarily, not under duress.
As the trial of Radovan Karadzic continues, two defence witnesses denied responsibility of the Serb side during the Bijeljina conflict in spring 1992, stating that it was caused by Muslim extremists.