Hague puts former spokeswoman on trial

The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague has put on trial its former spokeswoman Florence Hartmann, who is charged with contempt of court.

Izvor: BBC

Monday, 15.06.2009.

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The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague has put on trial its former spokeswoman Florence Hartmann, who is charged with contempt of court. The tribunal accuses the Frenchwoman of revealing confidential information following the trial of the late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Hague puts former spokeswoman on trial The charges relate to a book written by Hartmann and published in 1997. They carry a maximum sentence of seven years in jail and a EUR 100,000 fine. She denies the charges. The sensitive information included confidential orders by the court in the Milosevic trial, not to publicise documents that allegedly implicate the Serbian state in the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, in which some 8,000 people were killed. The documents were provided by the Serbian government to The Hague on the condition that they were only to be used confidentially in the Milosevic trial. That trial ended without a verdict when Milosevic died at The Hague in March 2006. Critics have called the case against Hartmann an attack on free speech. But the court's backers say it will help uphold the credibility of the court, and that by publishing the documents Hartmann jeopardised future trials.

Hague puts former spokeswoman on trial

The charges relate to a book written by Hartmann and published in 1997.

They carry a maximum sentence of seven years in jail and a EUR 100,000 fine. She denies the charges.

The sensitive information included confidential orders by the court in the Milošević trial, not to publicise documents that allegedly implicate the Serbian state in the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, in which some 8,000 people were killed.

The documents were provided by the Serbian government to The Hague on the condition that they were only to be used confidentially in the Milošević trial.

That trial ended without a verdict when Milošević died at The Hague in March 2006.

Critics have called the case against Hartmann an attack on free speech.

But the court's backers say it will help uphold the credibility of the court, and that by publishing the documents Hartmann jeopardised future trials.

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