Zvornik war crimes trial continues

At the Zvornik war crimes trial, Pero Vučković testified to issuing passports to Muslim deportees from the town in 1992.

Izvor: Beta

Tuesday, 27.11.2007.

16:06

Default images

At the Zvornik war crimes trial, Pero Vuckovic testified to issuing passports to Muslim deportees from the town in 1992. Vuckovic, who worked for the Frontier Affairs and Foreign Nationals Department in Subotica, told the War Crimes Court that the issue of travel documents to 1822 deported refugees from the village of Kozluk near Palic had been carried out with “huge dynamism” and without any “proof of citizenship.” Zvornik war crimes trial continues “The bulk were Muslims, and they were issued passports since they were leaving Serbia, on their way to Hungary, then Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway or other countries,” said the witness, adding that their nationality was determined on the basis of the individuals involved and witnesses, while the passports were issued with any proof of citizenship. Indeed. the Interior Ministry had supplied the local authorities in Subotica with all the forms and paperwork necessary for issuing travel documents. The passports were red with Yugoslav insignia and legally in order, so that the refugees could return to Serbia using the documents if they had so desired. The passports were distributed at Palic railway station, where Muslims deportees from the Zvornik region spent about three days locked inside 18 train carriages. Then President of Zvornik’s “temporary government” Branko Grujic, Commander of the Territorial Defense Force Branko Popovic, and members of the Yellow Wasps unit, Dragan Slavkovic, Ivan Korac, Sinisa Filipovic and Dragutin Dragicevic, have all been accused of the deportation of Bosnian Muslims, as well as other crimes in a variety of locations throughout the Zvornik municipality. All except Dragicevic, who is using his right to remain silent, pleaded not guilty when the charges were first read out on November 28, 2005. The trial before Presiding Judge Tatjana Vukovic resumes tomorrow.

Zvornik war crimes trial continues

“The bulk were Muslims, and they were issued passports since they were leaving Serbia, on their way to Hungary, then Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway or other countries,” said the witness, adding that their nationality was determined on the basis of the individuals involved and witnesses, while the passports were issued with any proof of citizenship. Indeed. the Interior Ministry had supplied the local authorities in Subotica with all the forms and paperwork necessary for issuing travel documents.

The passports were red with Yugoslav insignia and legally in order, so that the refugees could return to Serbia using the documents if they had so desired. The passports were distributed at Palić railway station, where Muslims deportees from the Zvornik region spent about three days locked inside 18 train carriages.

Then President of Zvornik’s “temporary government” Branko Grujić, Commander of the Territorial Defense Force Branko Popović, and members of the Yellow Wasps unit, Dragan Slavković, Ivan Korać, Siniša Filipović and Dragutin Dragićević, have all been accused of the deportation of Bosnian Muslims, as well as other crimes in a variety of locations throughout the Zvornik municipality.

All except Dragićević, who is using his right to remain silent, pleaded not guilty when the charges were first read out on November 28, 2005.

The trial before Presiding Judge Tatjana Vuković resumes tomorrow.

Komentari 0

0 Komentari

Možda vas zanima

Ukrajinci saopštili: Obustavljamo 25
Svet

Ukrajinci saopštili: Obustavljamo

Ukrajinske vlasti saopštile su večeras da su obustavile svoje konzularne usluge u inostranstvu za muškarce starosti od 18 do 60 godina, pošto je ukrajinska diplomatija najavila mere za vraćanje u zemlju onih koji mogu da idu na front.

21:57

23.4.2024.

1 d

Podeli: