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Court sentences Croat shown in Srebrenica killings video to 15 years prison
A Croatian court in Zagreb Thursday sentenced former "Scorpions" paramilitary member Slobodan Davidovic to 15 years in prison Thursday for his involvement in the summer 1995 Srebrenica massacre [backgrounder; BBC timeline]. Davidovic and (More) |
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Serb trial begins in taped Srebrenica execution case
The trial of five former members of a Serbian paramilitary group charged with the videotaped execution of six Bosnian Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] began in Belgrade Tuesday. The five defendants (More) |
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Five charged for Srebrenica killings by Serbian court
Serbia charged five members of a paramilitary group, the Scorpions, Friday for their roles in the Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in 1995. They and several others were arrested in June after a video showing them executi (More) |
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19,000 Serbs participated in Srebrenica massacre, government report finds
A Bosnian government panel said Tuesday that over 19,000 Bosnian Serbs, including policemen, army officials and civilians, participated in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The report is based on information gained from the Serb Republic's In (More) |
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ICTY to hold joint trial for nine suspects in Srebrenica massacre
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Thursday that it will combine the cases of nine Bosnian Serb military officers [ICTY press release; PDF decision] accused of participating in the Srebrenica massacre that re (More) |
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Rwanda says UN anti-genocide statement must be backed up with action
Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande told the UN General Assembly Sunday that Rwanda is dissatisfied with United Nations reforms pushed through at the 2005 World Summit [official website; JURIST news archive] last week. The agreement [PDF tex (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor calls for EU pressure on Croatia, Serbia on war crimes suspects
Carla del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , on Thursday called for the EU to pressure Croatia and Serbia to take action on arresting suspects wanted by the UN tribunal and said the EU should (More) |
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Prosecutors want to reopen Milosevic case to present more evidence
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [official website, JURIST news archive] want to reopen their case against former Yugloslav President Slobodan Milosevic to present new evidence, including a video of the S (More) |
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Former Yugoslav general denies Srebrenica massacre in Milosevic trial testimony
A former Yugoslav army general testifying Monday on behalf of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic denied that the former leader and Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and suggested it did not even take (More) |
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Srebrenica survivors mark 10th anniversary of killings; suspects still at large
Relatives and survivors of the Srebrenica massacre mourned as more than six hundred coffins containing newly-identified remains recovered from mass graves were interred in the town cemetary Monday, the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the 1995 (More) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
