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Serb War Crimes Trial Postponed Again

15 April 2008 The trial of two Serb war crimes suspects has again been postponed due to a lack of technical facilities.

The trial of Jovica Stanisic, the head of Serbia’s notorious state security under the rule of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic, and his deputy Franko Simatovic is due to continue by the end of April.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, based in The Hague, has indicted the two with crimes against non-Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina in the 1991-1995 Balkan wars.

Last week, Stanisic was declared unfit by Dutch psychiatrist Joseph de Man who said he showed “the psychotic manifestations” that follow depression.

However, based on other doctors’ opinion, the Trial Chamber ruled Stanisic was fit to stand trial from his cell and decided to establish a video and audio link between the courtroom and the cells where both accused reside, to enable them to follow the trial and communicate with their defense teams.

But on Monday, the link was not established and the trial was postponed. Continue…