EP: July 11 to be Srebrenica remembrance day
Source: Beta
STRASBOURG -- The European Parliament named July 11 as day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, where Bosnian Serb forces murdered over 8,000 Muslim civilians.
The initiative was supported by the European Commission and adopted today with 556 votes for, nine against, and 22 abstentions.
The EP called on the 27 EU member-states and the EC to support the parliament’s decision.
“Proclaiming July 11 as a day of remembrance for the Srebrenica genocide should be a step in the right direction for reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the region,” European Commissioner for Foreign Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in support of the initiative.
MEPs also called for extra efforts to be made in order to bring those responsible for the genocide to justice.
Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić is accused of genocide in Srebrenica and is currently on the run from the Hague Tribunal, while then Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadžić was arrested and extradited to the Hague in July.
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BELGRADE -- War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has submitted a report on the smuggling of harvested organs in Albania to the Council of Europe office in Belgrade.
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BELGRADE -- One of the ten members of the so-called Gnjilane Group arrested for war crimes in Gnjilane in 1999 was released from custody in Preševo yesterday.
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THE HAGUE -- Indicted Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Šešelj said yesterday that he would not be presenting a defense once the prosecution rested its case.
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BELGRADE -- The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution officials say they are working to shed light on Mujaheddin crimes committed during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia.
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THE HAGUE -- The Hague prosecution wants the Vojislav Šešelj case suspended, as the court "can’t guarantee the integrity of the prosecution or witnesses," B92 understands.
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SARAJEVO -- Members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Investigation and Protection Agency have arrested war crimes suspect Stojan Perković.
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BELGRADE -- Serbian and Croatian police chiefs Milorad Veljović and Vladimir Faber have met to discuss the activities of crime groups in Serbia, Croatia and the region.
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NOVI PAZAR -- 20-year-old A.A. was shot dead at around 13:00 CET today in broad daylight, in Novi Pazar.
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BELGRADE -- Publishing records on organized crime in Serbia, as was done in 2002, would jeopardize MUP’s operative work, and lead to accusations of libel, writes Danas.
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BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said the rumors that Hague fugitive Ratko Mladić is receiving medical treatment in Belarus are not true.
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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- An explosive device has been thrown at the house of Albanian Etem Peti in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
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BELGRADE -- Retired Interior Ministry (MUP) official Dragan Karleuša has testified today in the Suva Reka war crimes trial.
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BELGRADE -- Rasim Ljajić has called on all citizens with any knowledge of the whereabouts of the two Hague fugitives to contact the authorities.
January 13, 2009 | 20:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Kosovo police, KPS, arrested six persons suspected of involvement in organized crime in the Kosovska Mitrovica region.
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BELGRADE -- SMS messages exchanged between the accused and the late Ismail Prentić have been introduced as evidence at the trial of 15 Wahhabi accused of terrorism.
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BELGRADE -- There are about 20 organized drug trafficking groups active in Serbia, according to daily Danas.
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THE HAGUE -- Radovan Karadžić says that the Hague Tribunal should sanction publication of all facts regarding his supposed deal with U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
January 10, 2009 | 13:51 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Police stations across the country have recently put up posters announcing arrest rewards for two remaining Hague fugitives.
January 12, 2009 | 12:09 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BANJA LUKA -- Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz says important results have been achieved in the past six months, but that there is "still work in store".
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BELGRADE -- The Serbian budget will, as of March, receive funds from the assets seized from criminals.
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BELGRADE -- Djelaj Berisha, who had 23 of his family members killed, testified at the trial for war crimes committed in Suva Reka in Kosovo in March 1999.
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BELGRADE -- The trial of the 15 Sandžak Wahhabis continued on Monday before the Special Organized Crime Court in Belgrade.
