ICTY HAS NOT YET ISSUED INDICTMENTS FOR EX-YUGOSLAV REPORTERS

MOSTAR, Sept 8 (Hina) - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Prosecutor's Office has not yet issued indictments against reporters from the region of the former Yugoslavia, ICTY prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Florence Hartmann said after a two-day round table in the southern Bosnia- Herzegovina town of Mostar on Saturday. The central topic of the round table is the ICTY and the media in the former Yugoslavia. Hartmann, however, did not dismiss this possibility. ICTY coordinator Liam McDowall said the Dutch-based war crimes tribunal had serious intentions to prosecute reporters in the region. McDowall said the ICTY main goal was to strengthen peace in the region. The conclusion of the two-day meeting in Mostar is that the ICTY is one of the greatest challenges for the media from the former Yugoslavia. It was also concluded that the public in the former Yugoslav republics must already be prepared for the trials, which are expected to take place over the next 15 year. (hina) it