ZAGREB, Feb 8 (Hina) - The president of the Zagreb County Court's Panel of Judges, Drazen Tripalo, has scheduled the trial of Dinko Sakic, former commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, for March 4, Zagreb County Court
President Miroslav Sumanovic said on Monday. At the end of 1998, Sakic was accused of war crimes against civilians during WWII. Sumanovic said that the president of the Supreme Court had approved television coverage of the trial. Reporters will observe the trial on a screen in a separate room, Sumanovic said. Besides members of the Panel of Judges, which includes three professional and four lay judges, the defendant, members of his family and the defence attorney, also present in the Zagreb County courtroom will be the public. Along with judicial experts, the trial will be attended by foreign diplomats and special observers of the most respected American Jewish association B'nai B'rith, who are t
ZAGREB, Feb 8 (Hina) - The president of the Zagreb County Court's
Panel of Judges, Drazen Tripalo, has scheduled the trial of Dinko
Sakic, former commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, for
March 4, Zagreb County Court President Miroslav Sumanovic said on
Monday.
At the end of 1998, Sakic was accused of war crimes against
civilians during WWII.
Sumanovic said that the president of the Supreme Court had approved
television coverage of the trial. Reporters will observe the trial
on a screen in a separate room, Sumanovic said.
Besides members of the Panel of Judges, which includes three
professional and four lay judges, the defendant, members of his
family and the defence attorney, also present in the Zagreb County
courtroom will be the public.
Along with judicial experts, the trial will be attended by foreign
diplomats and special observers of the most respected American
Jewish association B'nai B'rith, who are to arrive in Zagreb,
Sumanovic said.
He added that the trial would be simultaneously translated into
English.
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