War crimes prosecutor talks pressure

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic says that he will not “trade with victims regardless of pressures he hears”. “If I am, with my legal actions, an obstacle on the path of European integrations, let them replace me,” he said. War crimes prosecutor talks pressure Vukcevic announced that he will submit the documents necessary for the extradition of retired Bosnian Army General Jovan Divjak to the Justice Ministry today. Vukcevic pointed out that “he will not agree to make a selection of victims according to which political elites in the 90s were more and which less guilty of the horror that happened”. Divjak is wanted in Serbia on charges of war crimes related to the May 1992 Dobrovoljacka St. massacre when Muslim forces ambushed retreating Yugoslav Army (JNA) troops in Sarajevo. Vukcevic also said that it was precisely him who initiated numerous agreements that confirmed regional cooperation and prevented impunity of war crimes, stressing that the War Crimes Prosecution "simply could not be compared to Milosevic’s regime". When asked whether anyone in Serbia was exerting political pressure on him, Vukcevic said that "nobody had ever pressured him" but added that “he sees great pressure in the media through various opinion pieces and NGO releases". Vladimir Vukcevic (Beta)

War crimes prosecutor talks pressure

Vukčević announced that he will submit the documents necessary for the extradition of retired Bosnian Army General Jovan Divjak to the Justice Ministry today.

Vukčević pointed out that “he will not agree to make a selection of victims according to which political elites in the 90s were more and which less guilty of the horror that happened”.

Divjak is wanted in Serbia on charges of war crimes related to the May 1992 Dobrovoljačka St. massacre when Muslim forces ambushed retreating Yugoslav Army (JNA) troops in Sarajevo.

Vukčević also said that it was precisely him who initiated numerous agreements that confirmed regional cooperation and prevented impunity of war crimes, stressing that the War Crimes Prosecution "simply could not be compared to Milošević’s regime".

When asked whether anyone in Serbia was exerting political pressure on him, Vukčević said that "nobody had ever pressured him" but added that “he sees great pressure in the media through various opinion pieces and NGO releases".