BLASKIC'S DEFENSE REQUESTS DOCUMENTS OF BH AUTHORITIES

THE HAGUE, Feb 28 (Hina) - The Counsel for Defendant General Tihomir Blaskic on Friday requested of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) the issuance of a subpoena to "the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to deliver certain documents which are believed to exculpate" their defendant, and which "are not otherwise available" to the Defense, the ICTY said in a statement. "These documents are believed to be material, relevant and exculpatory to the accused, and therefore crucial for the Defense's adequate preparation for trial", said the letter forwarded to the Tribunal by Blaskic's attorneys Anto Nobilo and Russel Hayman. The Defense requested, among else, the following: documents relating to cease-fire arrangements and request made by HVO representatives for investigations into alleged wrongful acts committed in the course of the conflict; evidence of the activities and whereabouts of the Army of BiH in the Lasva Valley between May 1992 and April 1994; documents relating to a cease-fire agreed to by the Accused on 16 April 1993 and any subsequent violation of it by the Army of BiH. The Defense requested of the Tribunal a hearing on this Motion on 12 March. (hina) ha mm 282001 MET feb 97