WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Hina) - The recent indictments against Bosniaks Mehmed Alagic, Enver Hadzihasanovic, and Amir Kubura for war crimes against Croats in Central Bosnia confirm the UN's war crimes tribunal at The Hague prosecutes
individuals with a first and last name and not members of a nation, according to a U.S. official. Those indictments refute nationalist forces in Croatia which claim that only Croats are investigated and punished, Jim Hooper, the director of a Washington organisation for international law and politics, said on Saturday. He explained it was necessary to overcome the feeling that only Croats were the victims and put an end to the practice that only nationalist leaders could legitimately address the issue. Talking to Voice of America, Hooper said Croatian authorities were doing the right thing by cooperating with the Hague tribunal. President Stipe Mesic and Prime Minister Ivica
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Hina) - The recent indictments against Bosniaks
Mehmed Alagic, Enver Hadzihasanovic, and Amir Kubura for war crimes
against Croats in Central Bosnia confirm the UN's war crimes
tribunal at The Hague prosecutes individuals with a first and last
name and not members of a nation, according to a U.S. official.
Those indictments refute nationalist forces in Croatia which claim
that only Croats are investigated and punished, Jim Hooper, the
director of a Washington organisation for international law and
politics, said on Saturday.
He explained it was necessary to overcome the feeling that only
Croats were the victims and put an end to the practice that only
nationalist leaders could legitimately address the issue.
Talking to Voice of America, Hooper said Croatian authorities were
doing the right thing by cooperating with the Hague tribunal.
President Stipe Mesic and Prime Minister Ivica Racan realise
cooperation with the tribunal is a key element of integration into
Europe.
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