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Tag Archives: Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, BiH, 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, BiH, 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
ICTY: Mladic: Indictment to be Shortened
2010-05-10, The Hague, The Netherlands. The OTP filed a motion to amend its Indictment against Ratko Mladic. The new Indictment would decrease the number of counts from 15 to 11. The counts allege the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the context of ethnic cleansing in BiH from 1992-1995, the siege of Sarajevo [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged amendment, Bihac-Ripac, Bosanska Gradiska, complicity, crimes against humanity, Doboj, ethnic cleansing, Gacko, genocide, Hadzici, hostage, Ilidza, indictment, individual responsibility, motion, Nevesinje, Novo Sarajevo, Pale, Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, Sarajevo, siege, Sokolac, Srebrenica, Srebrenica genocide, Teslic, Trnovo, UN personnel, war crimes 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, BiH, 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
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, BiH, Grbavici, international arrest warrant, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Montenegro, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Serbia, Spain, Veselin Vlahovic, war crimes Comments closed
Israel: Cvetkovic: Supreme Court Upheld the Decision to Extradite on Genocide Charges