Bosnian town war-time mayor may sue Serbia
War-time Mayor of Bosnian town of Trebinje Božidar Vučurević could sue Serbia for unlawfully remanding him in custody for two and a half months.
Sunday, 19.06.2011.
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War-time Mayor of Bosnian town of Trebinje Bozidar Vucurevic could sue Serbia for unlawfully remanding him in custody for two and a half months. Vucurevic’s lawyer Vladimir Bozovic says that Serbian courts’ decisions to cancel his extradition to Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina showed that situation in Serbian judiciary is alarming. Bosnian town war-time mayor may sue Serbia “We are happy he has been released pending trial, but we are not happy he was illegally held in prison. We are considering filing a lawsuit against the state because of it,” Bozovic told a press conference. Vucurevic was released from Belgrade District Prison on Friday. He was arrested on April 4 at Karakaj border crossing with Bosnia-Herzegovina on Croatia’s warrant. Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are accusing him of war crimes in Dubrovnik and Trebinje. Bozidar Vucurevic (jutarnji.hr)
Bosnian town war-time mayor may sue Serbia
“We are happy he has been released pending trial, but we are not happy he was illegally held in prison. We are considering filing a lawsuit against the state because of it,” Božović told a press conference.Vučurević was released from Belgrade District Prison on Friday. He was arrested on April 4 at Karakaj border crossing with Bosnia-Herzegovina on Croatia’s warrant.
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are accusing him of war crimes in Dubrovnik and Trebinje.
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