SARAJEVO, Bosnia (March 1,2008) – On the basis of arrest warrant issued by the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office, Serbian war criminal Jovan Ostojic (53), suspected of crimes against humanity, was arrested in the northern Bosnian cit of Banja Luka on Thrusday, Boris Grubesic, the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office Spokesperson said.
Serbian war criminal Jovan Ostojic has been suspected of war crimes committed against Bosnian civilians in the Bosanska Krupa area in 1992,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
The suspect will be extradited to the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office in the legal time frame and will be submitted to the Bosnian State Court for determining detention measures.
Serbian war criminal Jovan Ostojic was arrested by members of War Crimes Investigation Centre, the Banja Luka Office, in cooperation with the Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA).
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
BOSNIAN STATE PROSECUTOR HAS FILED AN INDICTMENT AGAINST SERBIAN WAR CRIMINALS KRSTO SAVIC AND MILE MUCIBABIC
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (March 1,2008) – The Bosnian State Prosecutor has filed yesterday an indictment against Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Mile Mucibabic for war crimes committed against Bosnian civilians in the southeastern Bosnian towns of Nevesinje, Kalinovik and Bileca between June and December 1992,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
The Bosnian State Prosecutor considers Serbian war criminals Savic and Mucibabic were deliberate participants in a joint criminal enterprise, within a broad and systematic attack by the Serbian aggressor's formations against the Bosnian civilians.
The Prosecution alleges that the indictees "acted deliberately with a common goal" to deport the Bosnian civilians "by committing murder, forcible deportation, detention, torture, demolition of property, starvation and intimidation of people."
Explaining the custody order motion, the Bosnian State Prosecutor Munib Halilovic presented the results of the investigation which indicate that Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Mile Mucibabic were members of the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
The statements given by injured parties imply that they were detained in the Public Safety Centre premises in Nevesinje, where they were tortured and mistreated. After that, they were transferred to a concentration camp in Bileca, while a group of detained Bosnian civilians was handed over to the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia, which took them to Boracko lake and murdered them, the Bosnian State Prosecutor told the custody order hearing held on October 5 last year.
The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Mile Mucibabic on September 6, last year and they have been in custody ever since.
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The Bosnian State Prosecutor considers Serbian war criminals Savic and Mucibabic were deliberate participants in a joint criminal enterprise, within a broad and systematic attack by the Serbian aggressor's formations against the Bosnian civilians.
The Prosecution alleges that the indictees "acted deliberately with a common goal" to deport the Bosnian civilians "by committing murder, forcible deportation, detention, torture, demolition of property, starvation and intimidation of people."
Explaining the custody order motion, the Bosnian State Prosecutor Munib Halilovic presented the results of the investigation which indicate that Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Mile Mucibabic were members of the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
The statements given by injured parties imply that they were detained in the Public Safety Centre premises in Nevesinje, where they were tortured and mistreated. After that, they were transferred to a concentration camp in Bileca, while a group of detained Bosnian civilians was handed over to the genocidal paramilitary formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia, which took them to Boracko lake and murdered them, the Bosnian State Prosecutor told the custody order hearing held on October 5 last year.
The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested Serbian war criminals Krsto Savic and Mile Mucibabic on September 6, last year and they have been in custody ever since.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
DEVELOPING A STATE STRATEGY FOR PROCESSING OF WAR CRIMES IS A PRIORITY
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (February 28,2008) – Development of state strategy for processing cases of war crimes and development of a catalogue of all war crimes in Bosnia are the priorities that will help a faster processing of war crimes in Bosnia, participants of the conference of chief prosecutors and prosecutors in charge of cases of war crimes stated in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.
The Bosnian Deputy Chief Prosecutor and Prosecutor of the Special Department of War Crimes Milorad Barasin expects that Bosnia should soon get a state strategy for processing the war crimes.
Draft of the strategy should be submitted to the Bosnian Council of Ministers for adoption in the first half of 2008, Barasin hopes.
This document, partially developed by the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office, will define models for an accelerated and more efficient solving of the cases. It will also determine priorities for the cases that are yet to be solved.
”That is a very important issue, for solving of those cases and of all the issues that are related to war crimes greatly influences co-existence and creation of a legal state”, Barasin is of the opinion.
He emphasized the importance of war crimes’ catalogue, which should contain a list that will serve as a base for development of state strategy and solving of all cases of war crimes.
Barasin could not give any concrete details to the press about the number of war crimes cases in Bosnia, keepinh in mind the fact that the figures vary daily. An inventory of all the cases should be made and then decide on the priorities, he added.
Also, there are war crimes that have not yet been discovered and reported. Some of them are discovered and reported on the daily basis through the law implementation agencies.
Barasin named another problem in the process of solving the cases – the lack of material evidence. It is hard to obtain them, so investigations and all other procedures are conducted on the basis of witnesses’ statements.
It is unknown how many indictments are to be raised this year at the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office. Barasin stated that all the cases “are enormous” and that he would be satisfied if “every prosecutor rose an indictment per a year”.
The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) Deputy Head Miroslav Pejcinovic stated that the agency has been executing per 580 orders annually. 25 persons have been arrested, mainly on the basis of the state Prosecutor’s Office. In January, four persons were arrested.
Pejcinovic emphasized that a difficulty is that the witnesses are scattered throughout Bosnia or in the foreign countries.
Also, some of the archives were eliminated and that resulted in unavailability of some data on possible war crimes perpetrators.
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The Bosnian Deputy Chief Prosecutor and Prosecutor of the Special Department of War Crimes Milorad Barasin expects that Bosnia should soon get a state strategy for processing the war crimes.
Draft of the strategy should be submitted to the Bosnian Council of Ministers for adoption in the first half of 2008, Barasin hopes.
This document, partially developed by the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office, will define models for an accelerated and more efficient solving of the cases. It will also determine priorities for the cases that are yet to be solved.
”That is a very important issue, for solving of those cases and of all the issues that are related to war crimes greatly influences co-existence and creation of a legal state”, Barasin is of the opinion.
He emphasized the importance of war crimes’ catalogue, which should contain a list that will serve as a base for development of state strategy and solving of all cases of war crimes.
Barasin could not give any concrete details to the press about the number of war crimes cases in Bosnia, keepinh in mind the fact that the figures vary daily. An inventory of all the cases should be made and then decide on the priorities, he added.
Also, there are war crimes that have not yet been discovered and reported. Some of them are discovered and reported on the daily basis through the law implementation agencies.
Barasin named another problem in the process of solving the cases – the lack of material evidence. It is hard to obtain them, so investigations and all other procedures are conducted on the basis of witnesses’ statements.
It is unknown how many indictments are to be raised this year at the Bosnian State Prosecutor’s Office. Barasin stated that all the cases “are enormous” and that he would be satisfied if “every prosecutor rose an indictment per a year”.
The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) Deputy Head Miroslav Pejcinovic stated that the agency has been executing per 580 orders annually. 25 persons have been arrested, mainly on the basis of the state Prosecutor’s Office. In January, four persons were arrested.
Pejcinovic emphasized that a difficulty is that the witnesses are scattered throughout Bosnia or in the foreign countries.
Also, some of the archives were eliminated and that resulted in unavailability of some data on possible war crimes perpetrators.
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