

04 December 2009 At the request of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina the State Court orders a two-month extension of custody of Nihad Bojadzic, suspected of war crimes against civilians and prisoners-of-war.
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04 December 2009 The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina acquits Miladin Stevanovic of charges that he committed genocide in Srebrenica in July 1995.
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04 December 2009 Addressing the UN Security Council, Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, expressed concern about the potential departure of international personnel from the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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04 December 2009 The main trial for crimes committed in Kalinovik has been completed with the presentation of closing arguments by the Defence of indictee Djordjislav Askraba. A verdict is shceduled to be announced on December 18.
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04 December 2009 A hearing that was supposed to be held as part of the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica in July 1995 was postponed due to technical problems with establishing the video link.
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03 December 2009 Prosecution witness Ranko Simic recalls the events of July 13, 1995, when he transported dead bodies from the Agricultural Cooperative in Kravica to a grave in Glogova village.
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03 December 2009
Continuing its presentation of closing arguments at the trial for crimes committed in Kalinovik, the Defence of Nedjo Zeljaja calls on the Court to acquit its client of all charges.
03 December 2009 People sentenced to more than five years in prison will be deprived of liberty immediately after the pronouncement of first-instance verdicts in the future.
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04 December 2009 Next week the State Prosecution is due to present its closing arguments before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the trial of Predrag Bastah and Goran Viskovic.
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03 December 2009
Prosecutor Vesna Budimir asks for the exclusion of the public from the custody hearing, explaining that "the exposure of this case in the media puts pressure on the Prosecution". The Court approved the request.
02 December 2009 Amnesty International has called on the EU to pressure the government of Bosnia in Herzegovina to ensure justice for rape victims, including compensation.
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02 December 2009 The lawyers for Predrag Bastah and Goran Viskovic ended up transferring responsibility for the crimes committed in this part of eastern Bosnia in 1992 to each other’s clients.
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02 December 2009 The prosecution finished presenting evidence at the first trial for the mass execution of almost 200 prisoners at the Koricanske cliffs in August 1992.
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02 December 2009 Forensic molecular biology experts from Sarajevo and Belgrade confirm that DNA analysis shows that Radovan Stankovic's fingerprints can be found on several objects introduced by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the course of evidence presentation.
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02 December 2009
Three witnesses, testifying for the Defence of indictee Ljubo Tomic, claim that the indictee did not leave Malesici village, in Zvornik, at the end of June 1992, because they "guarded the village while the population was moving out from Kozluk".
02 December 2009 Indictee Zrinko Pincic breaks down in tears when telling the Appellate Chamber he did not commit the crime for which he was sentenced, by a first-instance verdict, to nine years in prison, adding that he loved protected witness A.
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02 December 2009 Testifying against the indictees charged with crimes committed in August 1992, Damir Ivankovic, who previously admitted guilt in the same crime, recalled how members of the Prijedor police shot civilians at Koricanske stijene.
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01 December 2009 The Defence of Ratko Bundalo continues presenting its closing arguments and calls on the Court to acquit its client of all charges, arguing that he did not commit the crime charged upon him in the indictment filed by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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30 November 2009 The Defence of Ratko Bundalo begins the presentation of its closing arguments at the trial for crimes committed in Kalinovik, arguing that the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not proved the indictment.
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30 November 2009 A Prosecution witness says that "Serb soldiers" killed her brother and nine other men and then burned them in Donja Sanica village.
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30 November 2009 Robert Alexander Franken, former Commander of the Dutch Battalion stationed in Srebrenica in July 1995, failed to appear at the District Court in The Hague, where he was supposed to testify, via video link, at the trial against Radomir Vukovic and Zoran Tomic.
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30 November 2009 Court expert Ratomir Golijanin says that the recovery of indictee Momir Pelemis, following appendix surgery, will last for another 15 days.
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30 November 2009 Radovan Karadzic once again challenges the validity of the Hague Tribunal, claiming there was no "legal grounds for its establishment" and it cannot exist within the existing legal system of the United Nations, UN.
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30 November 2009 Acting on a motion filed by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the State Court orders prohibiting measures against Zuhdija Tabakovic, a former policeman from Visegrad, who is charged by the Hague Tribunal with contempt of court.
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> Karadzic: Human Blood on the Wall
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> Memic et al: Without Reports about Trusina
> Kos et al: Tuzla, Dream of Srebrenica’s Inhabitants
> Planincic et al: Recognized by Voice
> Local Justice – Brcko District: Custody for Monika Ilic Extended
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> Vlahovic: Exclusion of the Public
> Raguz et al: Beatings in Dretelj
> Karadzic: Seeing Husband and Sons for the Last Time
> Terzic: Young, Puny and Monstrous
> Suspect of Sarajevo crimes Arrested
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> Kuvelja: Defence to Begin Presenting Evidence Soon
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