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US: Mujagic Arrested for War Crimes Allegedly Committed during Bosnian War
November 28, 2012, Utica, NY, United States. U.S. immigration agents arrested Sulejman Mujagic, 50, on an extradition request made by Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr. Mujagic is accused of unlawfully killing one (Ekrem Baltic) and torturing another (Nisvet Cordic) soldier of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 6, 1995. At that time, Mr. Mujagic was [...]
Posted in BiH WCS Also tagged Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Commander, Ekrem Baltic, extradition, HIS, Homeland Security Investigations, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York, Nisvet Cordic, permanent resident, prisoner of war, Sulejman Mujagic, torture, Una-Sana Canton, United States, unlawful killing, unlawful wounding, Utica, war crime Comments closed
Israel: Cvetkovic: District Court Allows Extradition to Face Genocide Charges
2011-08-01, Jerusalem, Israel. The District Court of Jerusalem authorized extradition of Aleksandar Cvetković to Bosnia and Herzegovina to face genocide charges. He now has 30 days to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Israel. If extradited, he will be prosecuted before the War Crimes Section of the BiH Court in Sarajevo on charges arising [...]
Posted in BiH WCS, Domestic Courts Also tagged Aleksandar Cvetkovic, appeal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims, Branjevo farm, charges, citizen, citizenship, District Court, extradition, genocide, genocide charges, immigration, Israel, Jerusalem, July 1995, Main Headquarters, Nick Kaufman, Pilica, Republika Srpska Army, Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Supreme Court of Israel, Tenth Reconnaissance Squad, War Crimes Section, Zvornik municipality Comments closed
Bosnia: Three Suspects Arrested Re Killings Near Sanski Most in 1995
2010-05-05, Banja Luka, BiH. Agents of the Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested Lazar Ristic, Petar Arsenic and Predrag Devic. They are accused of killing 15 Bosnian Muslims in the village of Marjanovici near Sanski Most, on October 10, 1995, shortly before Bosnian Serb forces left the city. BalkanInsight |
Posted in BiH WCS Also tagged Banja Luka, Bosnian Muslims, Lazar Ristic, Marjanovici, murder, Petar Arsenic, Predrag Devic, Sanski most, SIPA, State Investigation and Protection Agency Comments closed
BiH WCS: Stupar: Aquittal Entered Due to Lack of Evidence
2010-05-06, Sarajevo, BiH. The Appellate Division of the War Crimes Section of the Court of BiH acquitted Milos Stupar of genocide charges. The judges found that he was not a commanding officer at the time when the killings at Srebrenica took place and, hence, was not in a position to prevent the killings. He was originally [...]
Posted in BiH WCS Also tagged 2nd Sekovici Detachment, Appellate Division, Article 171 (a), Article 180 (2), Article 297 (1) (k), Azra Mileti?, commanding officer, Criminal Code, genocide, Ibro Buli?, incomprehensible, indictment, John Fields, Kravica, Milos Stupar, Ozrenka Jaksic, prevent, punish, Radivoje Lazarevic, reasonable doubt, Sarajevo, Special Police, Srebrenica genocide, Srebrenica necessary and reasonable measures, Tihomir Lukes, verdict, War Crimes Section, warehouse, X-KRZ-05/24-3 Comments closed
ICTY: Karadzic: Decision on Admission of Babic’s Evidence
2010-04-13, The Hague, The Netherlands. Milan Babic had a long history with the tribunal. He was an OTP witness in the Slobodan Milosevic, Krajisnik and Martic cases and committed a suicide at the UNDU on March 5, 2006. The OTP sought to admit his oral testimonies from those trials and 309 associated exhibits under Rule 92 [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged acts and conduct of the accused, admission, associated exhibits, authentication, authenticity, background, character, conviction, credibility, critical issues of the case, Croatia, cross-examination, evidence, excessive and unnecessary detail, fair trial, Flavia Lattanzi, Howard Morrison, indicia of authenticity, inseparable and indispensable, intercept operators, intercepts, international criminal procedure, IT-95-5/18-T, Krajisnik, lenient treatment, manifest inconsistencies corroboration, Martic, Melville Baird, Milan Babic, Mladic, O-Gon Kwon, oral testimonies, prima facie reliable, probative, relevant, reliable, repetitive testimonies, Rule 89, Rule 92 quater, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, safeguards of a judicial proceeding, Slobodan Milosevic, substantially outweighing, suicide, testimony, unavailable, unavailable persons, uncorroborated evidence, UNDU Comments closed
Norway: Repak: Court of Appeal Reduced the Jail Sentence
2010-04-13, Oslo, Norway. The Court of Appeal reduced Repak’s sentence from 5 to 4 1/2 years imprisonment. Mirsad Repak was found guilty of 13 out of 14 counts arising from maltreatment of detainees in a prison camp in Dretelj near Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. At that time, the defendant was a member of the Croatian militia group [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged aquittal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, citizenship, court of appeal, Croatia, detainees, Dretelj, HOS, maltreatment, militia, Mirsad Repak, Mostar, Norway, Oslo, Penal Code, prison camp, rape, retroactive application, retrospective application, sentence Comments closed
UK: Ganic’s Extradition Hearing Today
2010-04-13, London, UK. Ganic will appear today before the Magistrate’s Court in London in respect of the Serbian government’s extradition request charging him with war crimes. A Serbian war crimes prosecutor will be also present at the hearing. Ganic was arrested on March 1, and was released on bail on the 11th. Balkan Insight |
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Clare Montgomery, Damir Arnaut, Dobrovoljacka Street, Ejup Ganic, extradition, JNA convoy, London, Magistrate Court, Matrix Chambers, Quentin Purdy, Sarajevo, security payment, Serbia, surety, UK, University of Buckingham, war crimes, Yugoslav People's Army Comments closed
Spain: Batko to be Extradited … Somewhere
2010-04-09, Madrid, Spain. The Spanish government made a decision to extradite Veselin Vlahovic aka Batko. He is facing war crimes charges in BiH, for murders committed in Sarajevo’s Grbavici neighbourhood; Serbia, where he was convicted of a murder in 2001, and Montenegro, where he was convicted for a violent crime and later escaped from detention. The government, [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Batko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grbavici, international arrest warrant, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Montenegro, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Serbia, Spain, Veselin Vlahovic, war crimes Comments closed
Serbia: Ganic: Serbia Has No Objections to a Trial in BiH
2010-03-15, Belgrade, Serbia. Serbian President Tadic stated today that Serbia has no objections to the extradition of Ejup Ganic from UK to BiH, as long as he stands trial. B92
Israel: Cvetkovic: Supreme Court Upheld the Decision to Extradite on Genocide Charges