Genocide in BiH Archives

Trying to deny the testimony by former Sky TV correspondent Aernout van Lynden, who said that Serb forces terrorised people in Sarajevo by shelling them in the summer of 1992, the Defence of Ratko Mladic says that the Republika Srpska Army targeted military facilities in the city only.

At the trial of the former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, two survivors described mass murders of Bosniaks committed in the summer of 1992 in the municipalities of Kalinovik and Kljuc.

Eelco Koster, former member of the UNPROFOR Dutch Battalion, says at the trial of Ratko Mladic at The Hague that, following the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995, the indictee threatened him by saying that UNPROFOR “would be in trouble” if it opposed the deportation of Muslims from Srebrenica.

The trial of Ratko Mladic, who is charged with genocide and other crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues with testimony by a Bosniak, who survived the shooting of Srebrenica residents on Branjevo farm, near Pilica village in Zvornik municipality in July 1995. The witness, who testified under the pseudonym of RM-255, said that, on July 13, 1995 Serb soldiers separated him from his family in Potocari, where the local population from Srebrenica sought shelter in the vicinity of the UNPROFOR Base.

At the trial of Bozidar Kuvelja, who is charged with genocide against the residents of Srebrenica, the State Prosecutor reads a summary of a statement given by the late Luka Markovic, containing a description of shooting of prisoners in Kravica Agricultural Co-operative, near Bratunac in July 1995. Prosecutor Ibro Bulic said that Markovic was Manager of the Co-operative in Kravica, when Srebrenica residents were brought to the Co-operative by 17 buses on July 13, 1995.

The Republika Srpska Army, over which indictee Ratko Mladic had full control, terrorised civilians in Sarajevo by a random shelling and sniping during the long-lasting siege, said David Harland, former UNPROFOR officer.

The first witnesses at the trial of Ratko Mladic, former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska, will testify on July 9, The Hague Tribunal has decided.

The Bosnian State police have arrested Bosnian Serbs Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic, under suspicion that they took part in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995. Stanisic and Milosevic were arrested by the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, in the territory of Zvornik.

The defence for Ratko Mladic, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, amended its request for delay of the start of evidence hearing, saying it is still receiving new documents from the prosecution.

In its closing statements the defence of Zoran Goronja asked the Trial Chamber not to accept genocide as the legal classification of the crime, saying that the prosecution has not proved it.

Genocide in BiH

Mladic: Sarajevo under Non-selective Fire

Mladic: Offer to Apologise for Suffering

Mladic: Threats to UNPROFOR

Mladic: Surviving Massacre on Branjevo

Kuvelja: Disappearance of Srebrenica Residents

Mladic: Threats from a Bully

Mladic: First Witnesses on July 9

Two Srebrenica Genocide Suspects Arrested

Mladic’s Defence Still Receiving New Evidence

Kos et al: Genocide Verdict due Mid June

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