MOSTAR, Nov 30 (Hina) - West Herzegovina Canton Interior Ministry on Thursday dismissed accusations uttered by the spokesman of the UN Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina that police of the southern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina was breaching
human rights. Stef Lehmann claimed West Herzegovina Canton police was maltreating civilians in detention, and the Interior Ministry was not undertaking punitive measures against officials in violation of human rights. "We energetically refute insinuations that Interior Ministry officials of the West Herzegovina Canton are breaching human rights," the statement issued by the Ministry's Public Relations Office said, adding the local police were performing their tasks professionally. The cantonal Interior Ministry said the police Internal Control had, pursuant to citizens' complaints, established certain cases of transcending authority by police personnel. The measures u
MOSTAR, Nov 30 (Hina) - West Herzegovina Canton Interior Ministry
on Thursday dismissed accusations uttered by the spokesman of the
UN Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina that police of the southern part
of Bosnia-Herzegovina was breaching human rights.
Stef Lehmann claimed West Herzegovina Canton police was
maltreating civilians in detention, and the Interior Ministry was
not undertaking punitive measures against officials in violation
of human rights.
"We energetically refute insinuations that Interior Ministry
officials of the West Herzegovina Canton are breaching human
rights," the statement issued by the Ministry's Public Relations
Office said, adding the local police were performing their tasks
professionally.
The cantonal Interior Ministry said the police Internal Control
had, pursuant to citizens' complaints, established certain cases
of transcending authority by police personnel.
The measures under law have been undertaken against the police
officers, from fines to dismissals and criminal persecution, the
Interior Ministry said in the statement.
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