Bosnia: Mujaheddin protest deportations

More than 1,500 people gathered Saturday in Zenica, Bosnia, to protest repatriation of the Mujaheddin.

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Saturday, 02.02.2008.

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More than 1,500 people gathered Saturday in Zenica, Bosnia, to protest repatriation of the Mujaheddin. "We came here to help them during the war and now they are turning their back on us," one of the protesters told the crowds. Bosnia: Mujaheddin protest deportations A central government commission was formed two years ago to review citizenship granted to foreigners during and after the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. Although the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the war, ordered all foreign fighters to leave the country in a one month period after the peace was signed, Bosnian Muslim authorities granted citizenship to many. The foreign soldiers later married local women and established families. Many were wanted in their countries for criminal offences or terrorism, facing possible persecution if they returned. Bosnia's commission for citizenship has so far revoked the Bosnian citizenship of over 660 people, mostly Muslims of Arab origin, who sent to Bosnia to help fight Serbs and Croats. The list, however, includes people of other nationalities, including a number of Russians. The protest in Zenica, according to organizers - an association of decorated soldiers and the ex-Mujahedin Ensarie association - was organized after authorities decided to expel one of Ensarie's leaders, Syrian-born Al Hussein Imad, also known as Abu Hamza. A week ago Abu Hamza was given 15 days to leave Bosnia- Herzegovina, but he appealed to the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg, which ruled that he should not be expelled.

Bosnia: Mujaheddin protest deportations

A central government commission was formed two years ago to review citizenship granted to foreigners during and after the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.

Although the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the war, ordered all foreign fighters to leave the country in a one month period after the peace was signed, Bosnian Muslim authorities granted citizenship to many.

The foreign soldiers later married local women and established families. Many were wanted in their countries for criminal offences or terrorism, facing possible persecution if they returned.

Bosnia's commission for citizenship has so far revoked the Bosnian citizenship of over 660 people, mostly Muslims of Arab origin, who sent to Bosnia to help fight Serbs and Croats.

The list, however, includes people of other nationalities, including a number of Russians.

The protest in Zenica, according to organizers - an association of decorated soldiers and the ex-Mujahedin Ensarie association - was organized after authorities decided to expel one of Ensarie's leaders, Syrian-born Al Hussein Imad, also known as Abu Hamza.

A week ago Abu Hamza was given 15 days to leave Bosnia- Herzegovina, but he appealed to the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg, which ruled that he should not be expelled.

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