Hartmann: Serbia hiding documents

Former Hague Prosecution spokeswoman Florence Hartmann says that Serbia will do its utmost to ensure that Ratko Mladić never comes to trial at the Tribunal.

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Former Hague Prosecution spokeswoman Florence Hartmann says that Serbia will do its utmost to ensure that Ratko Mladic never comes to trial at the Tribunal. Following the publication of a translation of her book "Peace and Punishment", Hartmann told a news conference in Ljubljana said that she had been shocked by the indictment raised against her issued by the Tribunal for contempt of court and violation of court rules for publishing confidential documents. Hartmann: Serbia hiding documents If found guilty, she could face seven years in prison or a fine of EUR 100,000. Hartmann, whose trial begins on June 15, claims that the information mentioned in the documents was not obtained from Hague court staff, but "as a journalist during investigation." She hopes that the Hague will not convict her for her article and book, published by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Institute, which uncover an "agreement that will stop the truth coming out about involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity," stating that she would be the first defendant at the court to have the victims on her side. Hartmann told Slovenian POP TV that the documents she was being prosecuted over had been available during the trial of Slobodan Milosevic," but they didn't want Bosnia to get them so that they could get military reparations from Serbia." In "the documents that Serbia so wanted to hide," Hartmann said there was "information that shows that the crimes were planned, and that the then Serbian leadership agreed over them.” The former spokeswoman said that the fact that the hunt for Karadzic and Mladic was taking so long, even though there whereabouts were well-known, was evidence that an agreement existed, though she had no key evidence that an agreement existed between Richard Holbrooke and Karadzic. "If they exist, then they are in Belgrade," Hartmann said. She added that Serbia would do its utmost to ensure that Ratko Mladic never saw trial. "Mladic is the key who shows the tie between the Serbian state under Milosevic and the war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina," she said. The former spokeswoman claims that Western countries knew what was going to happen in Srebrenica: that several days of killing was followed via satellite pictures, and that they had photographs and recordings of telephone conversations between Milosevic and Mladic. "They sacrificed people and we know that at least 8,000 people were sacrificed for peace," she said, adding that Milosevic had received everything he wanted in Bosnia-Herzegovina from the Dayton Peace Accords. Florence Hartmann (FoNet, archive)

Hartmann: Serbia hiding documents

If found guilty, she could face seven years in prison or a fine of EUR 100,000.

Hartmann, whose trial begins on June 15, claims that the information mentioned in the documents was not obtained from Hague court staff, but "as a journalist during investigation."

She hopes that the Hague will not convict her for her article and book, published by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Institute, which uncover an "agreement that will stop the truth coming out about involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity," stating that she would be the first defendant at the court to have the victims on her side.

Hartmann told Slovenian POP TV that the documents she was being prosecuted over had been available during the trial of Slobodan Milošević," but they didn't want Bosnia to get them so that they could get military reparations from Serbia."

In "the documents that Serbia so wanted to hide," Hartmann said there was "information that shows that the crimes were planned, and that the then Serbian leadership agreed over them.”

The former spokeswoman said that the fact that the hunt for Karadžic and Mladić was taking so long, even though there whereabouts were well-known, was evidence that an agreement existed, though she had no key evidence that an agreement existed between Richard Holbrooke and Karadžić.

"If they exist, then they are in Belgrade," Hartmann said.

She added that Serbia would do its utmost to ensure that Ratko Mladić never saw trial.

"Mladić is the key who shows the tie between the Serbian state under Milošević and the war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina," she said.

The former spokeswoman claims that Western countries knew what was going to happen in Srebrenica: that several days of killing was followed via satellite pictures, and that they had photographs and recordings of telephone conversations between Milošević and Mladić.

"They sacrificed people and we know that at least 8,000 people were sacrificed for peace," she said, adding that Milošević had received everything he wanted in Bosnia-Herzegovina from the Dayton Peace Accords.

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