MOSTAR, Sept 7 (Hina) - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will prosecute another 150 to 200 persons from the region of the ex-Yugoslavia suspected of war crimes, ICTY coordinator Liam McDowell said
on Friday at a two-day round table in the southern Bosnia-Herzegovina town of Mostar. The central topic of the round table is the ICTY and the media in the former Yugoslavia. The meeting, organised by "Media Centar" from Sarajevo, is attended by reporters from former Yugoslav republics and ICTY officials - spokesman James Landale and Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Florence Hartmann. McDowell said the ICTY Prosecutor's Office had focused on top police and military officials from the former Yugoslavia, regardless of their nationality, who are suspected of being responsible for war crimes. McDowell criticised local media, accusing them of projecting political standpoints on the work of th
MOSTAR, Sept 7 (Hina) - The International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will prosecute another 150 to 200 persons
from the region of the ex-Yugoslavia suspected of war crimes, ICTY
coordinator Liam McDowell said on Friday at a two-day round table in
the southern Bosnia-Herzegovina town of Mostar.
The central topic of the round table is the ICTY and the media in the
former Yugoslavia.
The meeting, organised by "Media Centar" from Sarajevo, is attended
by reporters from former Yugoslav republics and ICTY officials -
spokesman James Landale and Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman
Florence Hartmann.
McDowell said the ICTY Prosecutor's Office had focused on top
police and military officials from the former Yugoslavia,
regardless of their nationality, who are suspected of being
responsible for war crimes.
McDowell criticised local media, accusing them of projecting
political standpoints on the work of the Dutch-based war crimes
tribunal.
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