The Hague tribunal has granted former Bosnian Serb Army officer Vinko Pandurevic an early release. Pandurevic was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his involvement in the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995.
A former Bosnian Serb Army major testifying at the Ratko Mladic trial said that Mladic ordered Bosnian Serb forces to attack the enclave of Zepa immediately after occupying Srebrenica in 1995.
Last Friday, the Hague Tribunal confirmed the verdict in the case of of Vinko Pandurevic, a former officer with the Army of Republika Srpska, who was sentenced with 13 years in prison for his involvement in the Srebrenica massacre.
The Hague Tribunal rejected five former Bosnian Serb Army officers appeals against their convictions for war crimes including genocide against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.
On January 30 the Appellate Chamber of the Hague Tribunal is due to pronounce a verdict against Vujadin Popovic and four other indictees, who were sentenced, under a first instance verdict, for genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica in July 1995.
Testifying at the trial of Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, who are charged with genocide, a State Prosecution witness says that he saw civilians from Srebrenica in Petkovci village, Zvornik municipality, in mid July 1995.
Testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic, former Commander of the Birac Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, Svetozar Andric says that revenge is the only possible explanation for killing Bosniaks from Srebrenica after the occupation of the enclave by Serb forces in July 1995.
Former lieutenant colonel of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, Mirko Trivic confirms that Ratko Mladic, former VRS Commander, who is on trial for genocide, was directly involved in an offensive on Srebrenica in July 1995.
Until today seven members of the Zvornik Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska, VRS, were found guilty and sentenced to a total of 139 years in prison for killing more than 2,500 men and boys from the area of Srebrenica in July 1995.
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.