General Perišić to return to Hague

Former General Momčilo Perišić’s period of temporary release has ended and he will return to The Hague to stand trial.

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Thursday, 18.09.2008.

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Former General Momcilo Perisic’s period of temporary release has ended and he will return to The Hague to stand trial. The former Yugoslav Army general’s trial will begin on October 1. General Perisic to return to Hague Perisic is accused of war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia, including the shelling of Zagreb, the siege of Sarajevo and crimes in Srebrenica. During the trial, the prosecution will try to show that Perisic helped and supported the armies of both the Republic of Srpska Krajina and the Republic of Srpska. Perisic surrendered to the Hague Tribunal in March 2005 and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A year later in June, he was granted temporary release until the start of his trial. The general took part in the democratic changes in Serbia and was leader of the Movement for a Democratic Serbia. He was a deputy prime minister in charge of security in Zoran Djindjic’s government. The Hague prosecution also counted on Perisic as a key witness in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic. There were rumors that charges against him would be dropped if he testified against Milosevic. As a potential witness of then Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte’s team, Perisic, who arrived in The Hague in January 2004, never took the stand in the trial of Milosevic, with whom he fell out in 1998 when he warned the late president to take NATO threats to bomb Serbia seriously. After several days of talks, it was rumored that Perisic had refused to accuse Milosevic of participating in the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica, and that he would not be appearing as a witness in the trial. 14 months later, Perisic was himself indicted. Momcilo Perisic (FoNet, archive)

General Perišić to return to Hague

Perišić is accused of war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia, including the shelling of Zagreb, the siege of Sarajevo and crimes in Srebrenica.

During the trial, the prosecution will try to show that Perišić helped and supported the armies of both the Republic of Srpska Krajina and the Republic of Srpska.

Perišić surrendered to the Hague Tribunal in March 2005 and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A year later in June, he was granted temporary release until the start of his trial.

The general took part in the democratic changes in Serbia and was leader of the Movement for a Democratic Serbia. He was a deputy prime minister in charge of security in Zoran Đinđić’s government.

The Hague prosecution also counted on Perišić as a key witness in the trial of Slobodan Milošević. There were rumors that charges against him would be dropped if he testified against Milošević.

As a potential witness of then Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte’s team, Perišić, who arrived in The Hague in January 2004, never took the stand in the trial of Milošević, with whom he fell out in 1998 when he warned the late president to take NATO threats to bomb Serbia seriously.

After several days of talks, it was rumored that Perišić had refused to accuse Milošević of participating in the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica, and that he would not be appearing as a witness in the trial.

14 months later, Perišić was himself indicted.

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