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Tag Archives: Spain
Spain: Matar: Supreme Court Upholds the Decision to Close the Investigation
2010-04-13, Madrid, Spain. The Spanish Supreme Court upheld the decision of the National Court of 30 June 2009, closing the investigation into Al Daraj attack of June 2002, when the IDF dropped a bomb that killed Salah Shehade together with his bodyguards and 14 civilians. Mr. Shehade was a suspected leader of the Izzidin al-Qassam Brigade, [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Abraham Dichter, Al Daraj, Antonio Segura, Audencia Nacional, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Chief of Staff, Constitutional Court, Dan Halutz, Doron Almog, Gaza, Giora Eiland, Gonzalo Boye, Hamas, Head of the National Security Council, Head of the Southern Command, Hickman & Rose, IDF, Investigation, Israeli Air Force, Israeli Defence Minister, Israeli Intelligence Service, Izzidin al-Qassam Brigade, Juan Moreno, Khalil Khader Mohammed Al Seadi, Madrid, Mahassel Ali Hasan Al Sahwwa, Mahmoud Sobhi Mohammed El Houweit, Michael Herzog, military advisor, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Mattar, Moshe Ya'alon, National Court, ongoing investigation, Palestine, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, PCHR, Raed Mohammed Ibrahim Mattar, Rami Mohammed Ibrahim Mattar, Raul Maillo, Salah Shehade, Supreme Court, the Minister of Infrastructure, universal jurisdiction 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grbavici, international arrest warrant, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Montenegro, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Serbia, Veselin Vlahovic, war crimes Comments closed
Spain: Magistrate Garzon Indicted for Overreaching His Jurisdiction
2010-04-07, Madrid, Spain. After losing his appeal to the Supreme Court, Spanish Magistrate Baltasar Garzon was indicted for knowingly overreaching his jurisdiction. He was suspended from his job awaiting trial. The charges relate to the investigation Garzon started into the disappearance of 114K people during Franco’s regime, the crimes that are covered by the 1977 [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged amnesty, CAH, Clean Hands, crimes against humanity, Falange, Franko, Gonzalo Martinez-Fresneda, Manos Limpias, Miguel Bernad Comments closed
Spain: Batko Admits to Crimes in Grbavica
2010-03-04, Altea, Spain. According to El Pais, Batko admitted to war crimes committed in Grbavica. Serbian Ministry of Justice announced that it will be requesting extradition of Batko to serve the sentence rendered by the Novi Sad District Court for the killings committed in Serbia. Montenegro will also request his extradition to Montenegro to finish [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Altea, banditry, Batko, BiH, extradition, Grbavica, international arrest warrant, Montenegro, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Serbia, Veselin Vlahovic Comments closed
Spain: Batko arrested in Spain
2010-03-02, Altea, Spain. Veselin Vlahovic Batko aka “the monster of Grbavica” was arrested by Spanish police. There are three outstanding international arrest warrants for Mr. Vlahovic for crimes committed in Sarajevo during the Bosnian wars. He was arrested following a series of armed robberies committed in Spain. Reuters | CNN | Jurist |
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