The trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic will resume next week after being suspended when Mladic fell ill, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said Friday. The 70-year-old was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after falling ill during his trial on Thursday, though his lawyer, Branko…
A survivor of a 1992 mass execution in Bosnia broke down in tears at the war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb ex-military chief Ratko Mladic Monday, as he told how the war had shattered his family. Elvedin Pasic, a Bosnian Mulsim, told the court in The Hague of the fear…
UN prosecutors open their case Monday against Bosnian Serb ex-military chief Ratko Mladic before the Yugoslav war crimes court, with their first witness to testify on how he survived a mass execution in 1992. Elvedin Pasic was a 14-year-old Muslim boy when Bosnia’s bitter war broke out that year. When…
The Yugoslav war crimes court on Thursday adjourned the trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, just a day after it opened, because of “irregularities” by prosecutors. “The hearing is adjourned sine die,” presiding judge Alphons Orie said. “(The court) has decided to suspend the start of the…