Bosnia's Mujaheddin to protest deportations

Officials of the Mujaheddin organization Ensarije have announced a "human rights violation protest". According to the organization's Deputy President Imad al Husini, a.k.a. Abu Hamza, the rights of "Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens of African-Asian decent" are being violated. Bosnia's Mujaheddin to protest deportations "When the holidays end we will be organizing protests in Sarajevo over the violation of our rights. We plan on gathering 5,000 people, but we will respect all legal procedures," Abu Hamza told Banja Luka daily Nezavisne Novine. He said that the decisions for taking away the Bosnian citizenships from Arabs who fought in the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia on the side of local Muslims in that coutnry are of a political, not security nature. Abu Hamza said that the government in Sarajevo has no evidence that these people are a threat to national security. Recently an Algerian, Atau Mimun, was deported after being stripped of his citizenship. Abu Hamza said that Mimun cooperated with the police and information agencies. "They asked him for information regarding the Fahdova mosque in Sarajevo and other things. When he did not do what they told him, he was deported," Abu Hamza alleges. A commission for looking into citizenships handed out in Bosnia in between 1992-1995 has formed in march 2006. The commission passed decisions to strip 400 people of citizenship, mostly Arabs who came to Bosnia-Herzegovina to fight in the Mujaheddin units. The UN war crimes court at The Hague is currently trying former Bosnian Muslim army chief Rasim Delic for command responsibility in cases of war crimes committed by the Mujaheddin, against Bosnian Serb and Croatian soldiers and civilians.

Bosnia's Mujaheddin to protest deportations

"When the holidays end we will be organizing protests in Sarajevo over the violation of our rights. We plan on gathering 5,000 people, but we will respect all legal procedures," Abu Hamza told Banja Luka daily Nezavisne Novine.

He said that the decisions for taking away the Bosnian citizenships from Arabs who fought in the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia on the side of local Muslims in that coutnry are of a political, not security nature.

Abu Hamza said that the government in Sarajevo has no evidence that these people are a threat to national security.

Recently an Algerian, Atau Mimun, was deported after being stripped of his citizenship. Abu Hamza said that Mimun cooperated with the police and information agencies.

"They asked him for information regarding the Fahdova mosque in Sarajevo and other things. When he did not do what they told him, he was deported," Abu Hamza alleges.

A commission for looking into citizenships handed out in Bosnia in between 1992-1995 has formed in march 2006.

The commission passed decisions to strip 400 people of citizenship, mostly Arabs who came to Bosnia-Herzegovina to fight in the Mujaheddin units.

The UN war crimes court at The Hague is currently trying former Bosnian Muslim army chief Rasim Delić for command responsibility in cases of war crimes committed by the Mujaheddin, against Bosnian Serb and Croatian soldiers and civilians.