The European Union should send a strong message to Serbia that full cooperation with the Yugoslav tribunal, including the arrest and surrender of Bosnian war fugitive Ratko Mladic, remains necessary for EU membership, Human Rights Watch said in a letter issued today. On December 8 and 9, 2008, foreign ministers of EU member states will [...]

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EU Should Press Belgrade to Bring Perpetrators to Justice
Serbian authorities failed to prevent attacks against businesses and homes owned by ethnic Albanians in the wake of Kosovo’s declaration of independence (by the majority ethnic Albanian government) in February 2008 or to bring to justice those responsible, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. [...]

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As Radovan Karadžic is about to be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Amnesty International calls for the Tribunal to be given enough time and resources to establish the truth and to secure justice for the victims of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“The UN Security Council must review the [...]

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The office of Serb president Boris Tadic said that Karadžić was arrested late on Monday night in Belgrade by the Serbian security services. He had been posing as a doctor of alternative medicine, sporting long hair, a beard and glasses to hide his face.
“Karadžić used false documents with the name Dragan Dabic,” said Rasim Ljajic, [...]

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