A wartime Bosnian Serb Army commander told the war crimes trial of his former military chief Ratko Mladic that the defendant never gave him an illegal order.
A former Bosnian Serb Army officer told Ratko Mladics trial that crimes against non-Serbs were committed in Sanski Most in the spring of 1992, but denied his soldiers were involved.
The Ratko Mladic trial continued after a week-long recess. The trial continued with testimony from defense witness Branko Basara, who claimed that the Bosnian Serb Army was not involved in the deportation of non-Serb civilians from Sanski Most in the spring of 1992.
Testifying in defense of Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb official Nebojsa Jeremic said he knew nothing about the mass killing of Bosniaks following the fall of Srebrenica in the summer of 1995. But after responding to questions from the prosecution, he confirmed having heard about the killings.
Mladics defence team again disputed the testimony of a key Hague Tribunal prosecution witness who said that the former Bosnian Serb military chief gestured that Srebrenica captives would be killed.
A former Bosnian Serb Army officer told his ex-commander Ratko Mladics trial that the defendant never made a gesture indicating that all Bosniak prisoners from Srebrenica would be killed in July 1995.
The defence of Ratko Mladic, who is on trial at the Hague Tribunal, has announced that Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj will soon be called to the stand.
The defence of Ratko Mladic, who is on trial at the Hague Tribunal, has announced that Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj will soon be called to the stand.
A former Bosnian state security service officer told Ratko Mladics war crimes trial that a covert paramilitary unit killed a French UN peacekeeper in 1995 to put the blame on the Serbs.