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2008

Sunday 14 June 2009 A former Bosnian Serb officer has been handed a 25 year prison term for ordering the l995 shelling of the village of Tuzla, leaving 71 people dead. Novak Djukic was found guilty of war crimes against civilians. A single shell was fired at the centre of the mainly Muslim town, despite it having been declared a Untied Nations "safe zone". The district shelled was a popular gathering spot for local youths. Most of the victims were between 18 and 25 years old. General Djukic, who became the Bosnian Serb army's chief of staff, retired in 2005 and was arrested two years later. His sentence was passed by the war crimes department of the Court of Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Monday 06 October 2008 People in Bosnia voted on Sunday in their fourth post-war local elections. More than three million Bosnians were eligible to elect 140 mayors and local councils in 149 municipalities. They chose from some 29,000 candidates from 72 parties and 41 coalitions. But there was widespread apathy among the voters. It's expected that nationalists will again be returned to power. The general elections in 2006 brought two key figures to office, a Muslim and the Bosnian Serb prime minister, whose parties were among the most hardline in Bosnia's coalition. Earlier this week, European Union defence ministers supported a plan to remove the E.U.'s 2,100-member peacekeeping operation in Bosnia.

Thursday 07 August 2008 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic wants former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and her envoy Richard Holbrook to appear as witnesses at his genocide trial. Mr. Karadzic was brought to the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague after his arrest last month to face charges of war crimes and genocide. He alleges that Mr. Holbrook struck a deal with him in 1996 that he would never stand trial for war crimes. Mr. Karadzic claims the alleged promise was conditional on him quietly leaving politics and disappearing, without hindering the Bosnian peace agreement signed in l995. Mr. Holbrook has denied the story.

Tuesday 05 August 2008 VANCOUVER: CANADIANS COULD WITNESS AGAINST BOSNIAN SERB
Canadians could be called upon to testify at the trial of the International Criminal Court of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war in the 1990s. Among the charges is responsibility for Srebrenica massacre, during which Serb militiamen murdered 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The Serbs took hostage 55 Canadian peacekeeping troops to use as human shields in case of an air attack by NATO. Prof. Walter Dorn of the Royal Military College and the Canadian Forces College has told the Canadian Press that the former soldiers could be called as witnesses at The Hague, pointing out as well that Canadians witnessed incidents of ethnic cleansing. Anthropologist Mark Skinner says Canadians have played a major role in identifying victims of massacres, explaining that his own role is the excavation of mass graves, including some connected to Srebrenica. A second anthropologist, Cheryl Katmarzyk, administers the Lukavac Reassociation Centre, which she says has genetically identified 5,000 Srebrenica victims.

Thursday 31 July 2008

Karadzic appears at Hague court Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic makes his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Karadzic appears at Hague In pictures: Karadzic in court Q&A: Karadzic's legal position Thursday 31 July 2008 Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic has been transferred to The Hague where he'll be judged on charges of genocide and war crimes allegedly committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Mr. Karadzic left Serbia overnight by plane and was transferred to the International Criminal Court's detention centre in Scheveningen. He'll appear in court for the first time on Thursday and be requested to enter a plea. The arrest and extradition of Mr. Karadizic was a pre-condition laid down by the EU for Serbia to become a member state. On Tuesday evening, 10,000 Serb nationalist demonstrated in downtown Belgrade in his support. Wednesday Jul 30, 2008 Seven Serbs jailed for Srebrenica killings Bosnia's war crimes court sentenced seven Bosnian Serbs to prison terms ranging from 38 to 42 years ... Pro-Karadzic rally ends in clashes Stone-throwing hooligans clashed in Belgrade yesterday with Serbian riot police who replied with rubber... Sunday Jul 27, 2008 Lawyers for the captured former Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic have filed an appeal against his transfer to the International War crimes Tribunal at The Hague. The document was filed late Friday just minutes before the official deadline passed. Mr. Karadzic has been indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He evaded capture for over a decade by changing his appearance and posing as alternative medicine healer. video Karadzic Is Arrested A War Criminal Hiding in Plain Sight Thursday Jul 24, 2008 Arrests and apologies won't make up for the pain As a Bosnian refugee during the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, Sandra Markovic found herself a witness... THE story of Radovan Karadzic’s past few years is so bizarre you could not have made it up. A man wanted for 13 years on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, he had been living under an assumed name in Belgrade, giving lectures on alternative medicine, Christian Orthodox spirituality and meditation, and offering treatments for depression and impotence. There was nothing strange, however, about the timing of his arrest—and its consequences will be far-reaching, for Serbia and the rest of the western Balkans. Monday 21 July 2008 Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic Radovan Karadzic is one of the world's most wanted men Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade on the run. He has been brought before Belgrade's war crimes court, in accordance with a law on cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, the Serbian presidency said. Saturday 12 July 2008 Friday was the 13th anniversary of the massacre in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, the worst such occurrence in Europe since 1945. Tens of thousands of people attended a commemorative service for the murder of 8,000 Muslim males by ethnic Serbs. Three-hundred-and-eight more of the victims whose bodies were found in mass graves were buried. Almost 3,000 other victims had already been interred at the Srebrenica-Potocari memorial centre. The massacre took place as outnumbered UN troops, many of them Dutch, watched without interfering. Serbian Gen. Ratko Mladic and former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic have been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court and the Serbian government has come under intense international pressure to find them and turn them over for trial. Sunday 29 June 2008 Why Bosnia's most wanted run free The two most wanted men in the Balkans may not be too well hidden to be captured, but too well protected, writes the BBC's Nick Thorpe Sunday 10 February 2008 Several thousand people demonstrated in Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, on Saturday in protest against crimes by juveniles. The protest was sparked by the murder of a local youth, Denis Mrnjavac, by three youths earlier this week. Last month, three youths set an elderly woman on fire. The crowd massed in front of the city's cathedral accused the city authorities of doing nothing to prevent juvenile violence. They later threw eggs at the presidency building. Tuesday 29 January 2008 Bosnian police have arrested three Bosnian Serbs on suspicion of crimes against humanity during the 1992-95 war in the former Yugoslav republic. The state prosecutor's office says that the three suspects are all from the town of Vlasenica. The prosecutor will decide whether to remand them in custody while further enquiries are made. As many as eight thousand civilians, mostly Muslims from theVlasenica region, were detained in the Susica camp in northeastern Bosnia between May and October 1992. The camp's commander, Dragan Nikolic, was arrested in 2000 and sentenced by the United Nations war crimes tribunal to 20 years in prison. Slobodan Milosevic By Carla del Ponte, chief U.N. war-crimes prosecutor who sought to bring the former Yugoslav strongman to justice For me as prosecutor, Milosevic was one of the most responsible and most senior accused to face trial in the Hague. This highly complex trial had specific importance for the future of international criminal justice. Therefore his death before the judgment was a major blow for my office, for all the victims affected by the crimes for which he was charged, and for the efforts invested in our fight against impunity. We were so near the end — I was stupefied. We lost the chance to create the global picture of what really happened in Yugoslavia. CENTER> Bosnia (L) for now; Kosovo (R) to come, perhaps 26 January 2007 Tuesday 14 March 2006, Milosevic took 'unprescribed drugs' ...took unprescribed antibiotics that may have worsened his health, a Dutch toxicologist has said, even as plans for the former Yugoslav president's funeral remain in disarray Monday Mar 13, 2006 Yugoslavia's former president, Slobodan Milosevic, was found dead in his prison cell in The Hague on Saturday morning, apparently from natural causes. He had suffered from chronic heart ailments and high blood pressure. He had been on trial before the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal since February, 2002, facing 66 counts of crimes including genocide in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. His trial had been recessed until Tuesday to await his next defence witness. Last month, judges rejected his request to receive medical treatment in Russia, where his wife is thought to live. In reaction to the news of his death, his wife blamed U.N. authorities for keeping him in poor conditions. His opponents fear that his sudden death will turn him into a martyr in Serbia. An autopsy will be performed on his body to clarify the cause of death. Sunday Mar 12, 2006 Slobodan Miloševic AKA 'Butcher of the Balkans'. Up to 230,000 killed and three million displaced. The southern Slavic states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Macedonia begin to emerge as a unified state following the First World War. But the legacy of a 400-year occupation by the Islamic Ottoman Empire and traditional tension between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians frustrate attempts for unity. Following the Second World War, Yugoslav communists led by Marshal Josip Broz Tito take control of the government, declaring the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia on 29 November 1945. The veneer of Yugoslav stability begins to deteriorate when Tito dies on 4 May 1980. The prosperous northern states of Croatia and Slovenia start to agitate for autonomy. Macedonia and the Muslim majorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Serbian province of Kosovo repeat the call. Serbia has political power under the federation and does not want change. The poorer southern state of Montenegro supports the centralised federation and backs Serbia. More background. Find 31 www.Wednesday-Night.com pages citing the Slobodan Miloševic 2005 Thursday Dec 8, 2005 rci A former Bosnian Croat soldier has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by the UN War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague. The charges against Miroslav Bralo, also known as Cicko, include murder, rape and the torture of Muslims during the l993 Muslim-Croat war in central Bosnia. The judge said he would have handed down a sentence of 25 years, if it had not been for mitigating circumstances, including Bralo's guilty plea, his remorse and voluntary surrender to the court. Sunday Nov 13, 2005 rci Forensic experts have reportedly recovered the remains of 227 victims of the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst mass killing since the World War Two. The discovery was made after exhumations from a mass grave in the northeastern Bosnian village of Snagovo. In 1995, Serbian troops attacked the eastern Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica and killed as many as 8,000 Muslim men and boys. Over the years, forensics experts in Bosnia have exhumed some 16,000 bodies from more than 300 mass graves in the aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. Thousands of people remain missing and are presumed dead. Friday Oct 28, 2005 nyt Kosovo, Still Messy After All These Years Even with the best of intentions, an independent Kosovo will require international forces and strong oversight for a long time. Sunday Jul 10, 2005 rci Hundreds of survivors of the Bosnian massacre in the town of Srebrenica began a symbolic march to the town where some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serbs in July, l995. On Monday, some 50,000 people, including Britain's foreign secretary, Jack Straw, are expected to gather in Srebrenica for tenth anniversary commemorative services. The atrocity was the worst committed in Europe since the end of the Second World War. It was carried out after Bosnian Serb forces overran the town, which the United Nations had declared a safe haven. Sunday Jul 10, 2005 rci Survivors of a massacre in Bosnia have begun a three-day commemorative march. They'll retrace a route that they used ten years ago to escape from Bosnian Serb forces who killed about 8,000 Muslims in the town of Srebrenica. The march by hundreds of survivors will end on Monday in Srebrenica, where about 50,000 people are expected to gather at a memorial cemetery. About 1,300 victims are already buried there. The remains of another 600 victims will be interred during the ceremony on Monday. Friday Jun 10, 2005 rci The Bosnian-Serb government has admitted that police forces from Serbia took part in the massaccre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebenica. The Sarajevo-based newspaper "Oslobodjenje" says the admission is contained in the latest report by a government commission investigating the massacre. The report says the Bosnian Serb Interior Ministry had confirmed the involvement of interior ministry forces in the massacre. Ljubomir Borovcanin, who reportedly led the forces, is in custody in The Hague. The newspaper also says the report confirms that a mixed union of joint police forces of the Republika Srpska, Krajina, Serbia and the Serb Republic took part in the killings. Serbia has always denied that its forces took part in the 1992-1995 Bosnia war. Thursday 8 Jul 2004 ts MILOSEVIC TO UNDERGO MEDICAL TESTS Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic will undergo medical tests to determine whether he is well enough to defend himself in his war crimes trial, the UN tribunal said Tuesday. Stephen S. Poloz VP EDC Economics Weekly Commentary Croatia: Both Hope and Substance - July 7, 2004 From the vast economic melting pot that now constitutes Europe there are emerging a number of great success stories. And one potential newcomer that has received scant attention is Croatia. see his wn page. Past issues Saturday Jun 19, 2004 cbc GENOCIDE CHARGES AGAINST MILOSEVIC WILL STAND The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague has dismissed a motion to drop genocide charges against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. Saturday 15 May 2004 SARAJEVO: CANADA CONTRIBUTES MORE FOR BOSNIA MINE-CLEARING Canada has contributed $4.5 million more to help the United Nations destroy landmines in Bosnia that are left over from that country's devastating civil war between 1992 and 1995. An accord to that effect was signed in Sarajevo on Thursday by Canada's ambassador to Bosnia, Shelley Whitting, Bosnia's minister of civil affairs, Safet Halilovic, and the representative of the UN Development Program, Jens Toyberg-Frandzen. Mr. Whitting says Canada's goal is to allow Bosnians the safe and productive use of the country's land, roads and infrastructure. Since the war ended, most of the financing for mine-clearing in Bosnia has been financed from outside the country. Canada has contributed, excluding Thursday's announced contribution, $11.3 million. Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen says that since the war ended, only 10 per cent of the mines laid during the conflict have been destroyed. The long, slow trial of Slobodan Milosevic Thursday 26 Feb 2004 ec | THE HAGUE Former Yugoslavia Justice on trial The long, slow trial of Slobodan Milosevic, former Yugoslav president, is raising questions about international courts Thursday 26 Feb 2004 ts U.N. rests its case against Milosevic THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Two years` worth of evidence has failed to produce the "smoking gun" that directly proves Slobodan Milosevic is guilty of genocide, the U.N.`s chief prosecutor says. 2003 SPECIAL COVERAGE Kosovo in limbo It's more than four years since the conflict - but distrust still rules Tuesday Oct 14, 2003 Friday Aug 1, 2003 The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague has handed down its harshest punishment since it was established. The court has sentenced a Bosnian Serb to life imprisonment for his involvement in the murder and deportation of thousands of ethnic Muslims and Croats in 1992. Milomir Stakic was found guilty of conducting a racist conspiracy to establish an ethnic Serbian state in Bosnia. However, the court acquitted him of genocide. Tuesday May 20, 2003 Milosevic trial extended by months War crimes prosecutors get an extra 100 days to build their case against ex-Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic. Sunday Mar 30, 2003 bbc Milosevic's wife 'ordered killing' Serbia's deputy prime minister has accused the family of former Yugoslav President Slobadan Milosevic of ordering the assassination of a political opponent whose remains were discovered last week. Serbian police said on Saturday they have "credible suspicions" that Mr Milosevic's wife, Mirjana Markovic, was involved in the death of former Serbian President Ivan Stambolic, who disappeared in 2000.  Wednesday Feb 12, 2003 Milosevic case War crimes trial enters second year

2002

Thursday Oct 31, 2002 cbc BOSNIA BANS ALL ARMS EXPORTS Bosnia has imposed an indefinite ban on all exports of arms and military equipment.

Monday Oct 28, 2002 nyt What I Learned in Bosnia By PADDY ASHDOWN History will look back on the United Nations engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina as the first faltering step toward a doctrine of international community.

Saturday Mar 2, 2002 bbc Karadzic slips Nato net again bbc
A new Nato raid on a village in southern Bosnia has again failed to bring about the capture of the Bosnian Serb wartime leader and suspected war criminal, Radovan Karadzic.

2001

November 20, 2001 Islam Is Part of the West, Too nyt SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The Sept. 11 attack on America has sparked a debate about Islam that has, unfortunately, been framed in terms of us (the civilized, Western world) and them (the dangerous, suspect Muslims). Even well-intentioned statements dismissing the rhetoric of crusades have not softened an implicit skepticism among many people toward Islam. This wariness is of immediate concern to the 12 million Muslims who are citizens of European Union countries, five million of them in the Balkans.
While Europe is searching for its response to the new strain of global terrorism, it must at the same time actively reach out to Muslims in Europe with the values it stands for: democracy, individual rights, and religious and national tolerance. This must include Europe's opening itself to the idea of admitting countries to the union that have large Muslim populations or even, as in Turkey, Muslim majorities.

Mon Jul 2, 2001 MILOSEVIC TO REPRESENT HIMSELF BEFORE TRIBUNAL
Slobodan Milosevic has refused legal representation and will appear before the international war crimes tribunal alone. see W-N World Notes