ZAGREB, April 10 (Hina) - The Hague Tribunal's Trial Chamber in the case Kordic-Cerkez rejected four counts of the indictment against the two Bosnian Croats, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said on
Monday. Two counts of the indictment, which refer to the destruction of institutions dedicated to education and religion in Divjak and Stupni Dol during the Croat-Muslim conflict, were rejected with the consent of the Prosecution. The other two rejected counts refer to the plunder of property in a number of villages in the Lasva Valley area. The indictment now includes accusations such as expulsion, unlawful assaults on civilians, or killings in the area. The defence requested the rejection of the whole indictment at the end of the prosecution's part of the proceedings but the request was rejected. The defence started presenting the case on Monday. Dario Kordic, a former vice
ZAGREB, April 10 (Hina) - The Hague Tribunal's Trial Chamber in the
case Kordic-Cerkez rejected four counts of the indictment against
the two Bosnian Croats, the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said on Monday.
Two counts of the indictment, which refer to the destruction of
institutions dedicated to education and religion in Divjak and
Stupni Dol during the Croat-Muslim conflict, were rejected with the
consent of the Prosecution. The other two rejected counts refer to
the plunder of property in a number of villages in the Lasva Valley
area.
The indictment now includes accusations such as expulsion,
unlawful assaults on civilians, or killings in the area.
The defence requested the rejection of the whole indictment at the
end of the prosecution's part of the proceedings but the request was
rejected. The defence started presenting the case on Monday.
Dario Kordic, a former vice-president of Herceg-Bosna and Mario
Cerkez, a former commander of the Vitez brigade, are charged with
crimes against humanity, violation of the laws and customs of war,
and the violation of the Geneva Conventions in the area of Herceg
Bosna, i.e. in Cerkez's case, in the area of Vitez, central Bosnia,
during the Croat-Muslim conflict in 1992 and 1993.
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