Wednesday, 17 september 2025.
Serbian Ex-Official Blames Mladic for Croatia Crimes
The defence lawyer for former Serbian security official Franko Simatovic claimed that the Yugoslav People’s Army led by then colonel Ratko Mladic was responsible for crimes during an attack on...
Serb Volunteer Fighters ‘Killed 75 in Croatian Village’
A prosecution witness told the retrial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that Serb fighters killed 75 people, mostly civilians, during an attack on a Croatian...
Simatovic Lawyer Denies he Brought Arms to Croatian Serbs
The defence for the former Serbian State Security official Franko Simatovic dismissed testimony given by a witness who said Simatovic delivered arms to the Croatian Serbs in 1990. Cross-examining a...
Stanisic, Simatovic Retrial Resumes Before Tribunal
The retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, two former leaders of the Serbian State Security Service, SDB, for crimes in Croatia and Bosnia continues on Tuesday.
Ailing Defendants Cause Headaches for Hague Tribunal
The fear of another defendant dying in custody before his final verdict like Slobodan Milosevic has made the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague take unusual precautionary measures.
Croatian Serb Rebels ‘Armed by Yugoslav Army’
The defence lawyer for former Serbian State Security Service chief Jovica Stanisic told the UN war crimes tribunal that rebel Serbs in Croatia mostly got weapons from the Yugoslav People’s...
Slobodan Milosevic ‘Accepted Bosnia Peace Plan’
Former Serbian State Security official Franko Simatovic’s lawyer argued that Slobodan Milosevic could not have been the leader of a Serb criminal enterprise in Bosnia and Croatia because he accepted...
Milosevic ‘Didn’t Command’ Serbs in Bosnia, Croatia
Former Serbian State Security chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence lawyer told the Hague war crimes court that Slobodan Milosevic had influence but not command over Serb leaders in Bosnia and Croatia.
Belgrade-Backed Paramilitaries Blamed for Ethnic Cleansing
At the retrial of former Serbian security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, a witness said Serb paramilitary groups like Arkan’s Tigers and the Red Berets carried out ethnic cleansing...
Serbian Official Blames Yugoslav Army for Croatia Crimes
Former Serbian security chief Jovica Stanisic’s lawyer told the Hague Tribunal that the Yugoslav People’s Army was responsible for crimes in the Serb-led Republic of Serbian Krajina wartime statelet in...