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Karadzic: Appeal to Harvey's Appointment Rejected

12 February 2010 The Appellate Chamber of the Hague Tribunal has rejected Radovan Karadzic's appeal to the appointment of Richard Harvey as reserve defence attorney.
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Week ahead: Presentation of Appeals to Verdict Against Momir Savic

12 February 2010 Naredne sedmice Apelaciono vijeće Suda BiH saslušat će žalbe na prvostepenu presudu kojom je Momir Savić osuđen na 18 godina zatvora za zločine protiv čovječnosti počinjene 1992. u Višegradu.

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Dolic: Two Screams

12 February 2010 Testifying for the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zlate Ravnjak and Omer Kmetas say that indictee Darko Dolic raped one person and physically abused village residents in Druzinovici in August 1993.
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Ivanovic: Witness Does not Remember

12 February 2010 Prosecution witness Slobodan Stjepanovi? says he saw a convoy of captured men walking from Konjevic polje to Kravica village, where they were killed, on July 13, 1995.
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Koricanske stijene: Search Order

12 February 2010 A protected Prosecution witness says he saw the four indictees at the location where about 200 men were separated from the rest of the convoy traveling from Prijedor to Travnik, adding that he found out later that the men were killed.
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Lalovic and Skiljevic: Trying to Protect Detainees

11 February 2010 Djordje Faladzic, former Deputy Manager of Kula Penal and Correctional Facility, says he does not know of "one single case" of mistreatment of prisoners-of-war by the Facility staff.
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Karajic: David Versus Goliath

11 February 2010 In his closing statement indictee Suljo Karajic thanks the Trial Chamber, adding that he is "ready to accept any decision made by the Court".
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Osmic: Schoolmates

11 February 2010 Ivica Keskic, testifying for the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, says indictee Alija Osmic beat him several times in 1993, adding that Osmic "probably" took away detainees who were never seen again.
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Selimovic et al: Handshake With Indictee

10 February 2010

Prosecution witnesses identify indictee Mehura Selimovic in court as the person who questioned them almost every day during their detention in the "27. juli" military barracks in Bihac.

Ending Impunity

10 February 2010 Under an agreement signed by the Ministers of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in Sarajevo, individuals with citizenship of both countries, who have been sentenced by second instance verdicts will not be able to avoid serving their sentences by fleeing to the other country.
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Gasal et al: Situation Improving Drastically

10 February 2010 During his testimony, a former detainee in Iskra detention camp in Bugojno thanks Nisvet Gasal and Musajb Kukavica for "doing whatever they could to help the detainees".
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Klickovic et al: Gentlemen's Agreement

10 February 2010 Indictee Gojko Klickovic, former President of the wartime Presidency of the Serb municipality of Bosanska Krupa, says he made an agreement with an ICTY investigator on non-disclosure of certain documents.
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Cerim Novalic Pleads Not Guilty

10 February 2010 Cerim Novalic has pleaded not guilty before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to allegations that he committed war crimes against civilians in Konjic municipality.
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Klickovic et al: Justified Evacuation

10 February 2010 Testifying for the Defence of Gojko Klickovic, Zdravko Marceta, former Chief of Headquarters of the Territorial Defence in Bosanska Krupa, says the first indictee was not superior to military structures in the town, adding that the evacuation of Bosniaks from the area was justified.
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Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security

09 February 2010 A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".
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Bozic et al: First Instance Verdict Confirmed

08 February 2010 The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms the first instance verdict, sentencing Mladen Blagojevic to seven years in prison and acquitting Zdravko Bozic, Zoran Zivanovic and Zeljko Zaric of the charges that they committed war crimes in the Srebrenica area.
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Pelemis and Peric: Amateur Radio Operators

08 February 2010 Protected Prosecution witnesses describe how they listened to, recorded and made transcripts of conversations between members of the Drina Corps with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS.
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Koricanske stijene: Bus Break Down

08 February 2010 A passenger who joined the convoy traveling from Prijedor on August 21, 1992 says Milorad Skrbic, who stayed with him and other civilians in "a bus that had broken down", saved his life that day.
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