"No evidence, trial would be political"
A court in London that rejected Serbia's motion for the extradition of Ejup Ganić said it based its decision on a lack of new evidence.
Wednesday, 28.07.2010.
09:28
A court in London that rejected Serbia's motion for the extradition of Ejup Ganic said it based its decision on a lack of new evidence. Judge Timothy Workman also accused Serbia of bringing and using the proceedings "for political purposes." "No evidence, trial would be political" The Muslim member of wartime Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is suspected being responsible for the death of several dozen JNA soliers in Sarajevo, in early May 1992. The British judge also said that two investigations, one by the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and the other by the prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had concluded that there was no evidence for an indictment against Ganic. According to Workman, Ganic will be released in due course. Serbian War Crimes Deputy Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said on Tuesday that the prosecution would appeal this ruling. "We respect any decision by the English court, but there is a right to appeal to a higher court and we shall exercise that right. We shall strive to get answers to questions preying on the minds of the families of more than 60 victims," Vekaric told Beta news agency. Ganic was arrested on March 1, at London's Heathrow Airport, based on a warrant issued for him in Serbia and another 28 persons from Bosnia, on suspicion of an attack on a retreating Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) convoy in Sarajevo, on May 3, 1992. Ten days after the arrest, Ganic was released from extradition detention on EUR 300,000 bail and ordered not to leave the country until the court ruled on his extradition. Today, London's Daily Telegraph newspaper claims that Serbia’s request for the extradition of Ejup Ganic was denied because Belgrade tried to broker a deal with the case. “Judge Timothy Workman said the Serbian government had offered to drop the prosecution if the current Bosnian government endorsed a resolution acknowledging the Srebrenica massacre by the Serbian parliament,” the daily stated, adding that “Bosnia opposed the declaration because it failed to acknowledge the genocide” and that the “resolution was an important plank of Serbia's application to join the EU.” In Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdzic said that Ganic was expected to arrive in Sarajevo on Wednesday, via Istanbul, Turkey.
"No evidence, trial would be political"
The Muslim member of wartime Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is suspected being responsible for the death of several dozen JNA soliers in Sarajevo, in early May 1992.The British judge also said that two investigations, one by the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and the other by the prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had concluded that there was no evidence for an indictment against Ganić.
According to Workman, Ganić will be released in due course.
Serbian War Crimes Deputy Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said on Tuesday that the prosecution would appeal this ruling.
"We respect any decision by the English court, but there is a right to appeal to a higher court and we shall exercise that right. We shall strive to get answers to questions preying on the minds of the families of more than 60 victims," Vekarić told Beta news agency.
Ganić was arrested on March 1, at London's Heathrow Airport, based on a warrant issued for him in Serbia and another 28 persons from Bosnia, on suspicion of an attack on a retreating Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) convoy in Sarajevo, on May 3, 1992.
Ten days after the arrest, Ganić was released from extradition detention on EUR 300,000 bail and ordered not to leave the country until the court ruled on his extradition.
Today, London's Daily Telegraph newspaper claims that Serbia’s request for the extradition of Ejup Ganić was denied because Belgrade tried to broker a deal with the case.
“Judge Timothy Workman said the Serbian government had offered to drop the prosecution if the current Bosnian government endorsed a resolution acknowledging the Srebrenica massacre by the Serbian parliament,” the daily stated, adding that “Bosnia opposed the declaration because it failed to acknowledge the genocide” and that the “resolution was an important plank of Serbia's application to join the EU.”
In Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdžić said that Ganić was expected to arrive in Sarajevo on Wednesday, via Istanbul, Turkey.
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