The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Serbia violated the rights of two security service operatives on trial for the murder of opposition journalist Slavko Curuvija by keeping them in custody for too long.
Milorad Ulemek and Milos and Aleksandar Simovic, prosecution witnesses in the case of the killing of the famous Serbian journalist, refused to answer any questions from the Belgrade Appeal Court about the case.
The Belgrade Court of Appeal opened the retrial for the 1999 murder of the journalist Slavko Curuvija, questioning four defendants and the only eye witness in the case.
Four former Serbian State Security Service officers are appealing after being convicted for a second time, after a retrial, of involvement in the murder of opposition journalist and editor Slavko Curuvija.