As Karadzics war crimes trial nears its end, the prosecutor argued that the former Bosnian Serb leader masterminded a campaign of murder and ethnic cleansing aimed at eradicating Bosniaks.
At the beginning of presentation of his closing statement Prosecutor Alan Tieger says that former Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadzic, who is charged with genocide and other crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, is a liar and mafioso.
Presenting his closing statement, Prosecutor Alan Tieger speaks about the influence of indictee Radovan Karadzic on crisis committees, which were established in municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, during the war.
Presenting his closing statement, Prosecutor Alan Tieger says that a thesis by Radovan Karadzics Defence that Karadzic insisted on respecting all rights and measures for preventing crimes during the war was an empty gesture.
The Hague Prosecutor office asked for a deadline of September 17 for the preparation of closing arguments at the trial of former president of Republika Srpska Radovan Karadzic, accused for genocide and other crimes during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Testifying at Radovan Karadzics trial, Defence witness Momcilo Krajisnik denies that Serb political leaders were guilty of the bombing of Sarajevo, adding that the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, just responded to fire opened from the city.
Former member of Serbian Democratic Party, SDS, leadership Vojislav Kupresanin says, testifying at Radovan Karadzics trial, that the partys top leaders and Republika Srpska Parliament never advocated for eviction and deportation of Bosniaks and Croats.
Testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic, his former advisor Bogdan Subotic says that the indictee would have never advisedly signed a directive, ordering the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, to create an unbearable situation of insecurity without hope in life and survival in Srebrenica.
At the trial of Radovan Karadzic, ex-Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj confirmed his wartime goal was a Greater Serbia including Serbian Bosnia, Serbian Herzegovina, Serbian Macedonia, Serbian Croatia.
Testifying in defence of Radovan Karadzic, who is charged with persecuting the Bosniak and Croat population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a witness says that the indictee did not have a hostile attitude towards members of those two peoples.