Trial of police general opens at Hague

Eighteen months after his arrest in Montenegro, the trial of the former head of the Public Security Department, Vlastimir Đorđević, is due to open at the Hague.

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Tuesday, 27.01.2009.

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Eighteen months after his arrest in Montenegro, the trial of the former head of the Public Security Department, Vlastimir Djordjevic, is due to open at the Hague. The trial will begin with the prosecution’s opening statement, while it is reported that the the Trial Chamber will also be addressed by the accused, who will be represented in court by Dragoljub Djordjevic and Veljko Djurdjic. Trial of police general opens at Hague The police general is accused of crimes against humanity and breaking the laws and customs of war in Kosovo, while it is alleged that police forces under his command perpetrated a series of grievous crimes that ended with the deportation of around 800,000 Albanian civilians. According to the indictment, Serbian forces, under Djordjevic’s partial command, led a systematic campaign against the Kosovo Albanians. One of the most serious crimes covered in the indictment is the one at Suva Reka, where 47 people were murdered, including women, children, babies and the elderly, whose remains were later discovered in two mass graves in Serbia. Djordjevic’s name was originally on a joint indictment with Nebojsa Pavkovic, Vladimir Lazarevic and Sreten Lukic, before that case was integrated with that of Milan Milutinovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic, and Nikola Sainovic. The verdict in that case is expected soon. Djordjevic’s is the last trial for war crimes committed in Kosovo between January and mid-June 1999. The majority of the evidence for those crimes was set forth in the trial of the late Slobodan Milosevic. Vlastimir Djordjevic (Beta-AP, archive)

Trial of police general opens at Hague

The police general is accused of crimes against humanity and breaking the laws and customs of war in Kosovo, while it is alleged that police forces under his command perpetrated a series of grievous crimes that ended with the deportation of around 800,000 Albanian civilians.

According to the indictment, Serbian forces, under Đorđević’s partial command, led a systematic campaign against the Kosovo Albanians.

One of the most serious crimes covered in the indictment is the one at Suva Reka, where 47 people were murdered, including women, children, babies and the elderly, whose remains were later discovered in two mass graves in Serbia.

Đorđević’s name was originally on a joint indictment with Nebojša Pavković, Vladimir Lazarević and Sreten Lukić, before that case was integrated with that of Milan Milutinović, Dragoljub Ojdanić, and Nikola Šainović.

The verdict in that case is expected soon.

Đorđević’s is the last trial for war crimes committed in Kosovo between January and mid-June 1999.

The majority of the evidence for those crimes was set forth in the trial of the late Slobodan Milošević.

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