THE HAGUE, March 9 (Hina) - The Hague-based International War Crimes Tribunal For Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) considers a possibility that an indictee, Mladen Naletilic Tuta, appear before a trial chamber in Zagreb, said a spokesman for
the ICTY, on Thursday. Asked to comment on a statement of Croatian Premier Ivica Racan that it was possible that the trial of Naletilic commence in Zagreb, the spokesman Jim Landale said the Tribunal was thinking of several possibilities. Nalatilic's health condition will considerably impact the decision on where he should first appear before the court, Landale added. During the first appearance before judges, the indictee should plead not guilty or guilty of charges in his indictment. Naletilic is now in a prison hospital in the Croatian capital. Former Croatian authorities approved his extradition to the Hague Tribunal, but this transfer had to be postponed,
THE HAGUE, March 9 (Hina) - The Hague-based International War
Crimes Tribunal For Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) considers a
possibility that an indictee, Mladen Naletilic Tuta, appear before
a trial chamber in Zagreb, said a spokesman for the ICTY, on
Thursday.
Asked to comment on a statement of Croatian Premier Ivica Racan that
it was possible that the trial of Naletilic commence in Zagreb, the
spokesman Jim Landale said the Tribunal was thinking of several
possibilities.
Nalatilic's health condition will considerably impact the decision
on where he should first appear before the court, Landale added.
During the first appearance before judges, the indictee should
plead not guilty or guilty of charges in his indictment.
Naletilic is now in a prison hospital in the Croatian capital.
Former Croatian authorities approved his extradition to the Hague
Tribunal, but this transfer had to be postponed, owing to
Naletilic's heart problems.
Two weeks ago, the ICTY sent a doctors' team to Zagreb to check
Naletilic's state. The Dutch doctors assessed that Naletilic could
travel to the Hague provided that there are adequate preparations
and doctors' control.
The ICTY issued a joint indictment for Vinko Martinovic alias Stela
and Naletilic, charging them with crimes they allegedly committed
in the Mostar area during the Croat-Moslem conflict in Bosnia.
Martinovic, who is to be tried together with Naletilic, was handed
over to the ICTY last year.
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