NALETILIC'S ATTORNEY APPEALS TO ZAGREB COUNTY COURT

ZAGREB, Sept 15 (Hina) - The defence attorney of Mladen Naletilic Tuta on Wednesday appealed to Zagreb County Court against a court ruling dated September 1, according to which all legal conditions for Naletilic's extradition to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had been fulfilled. The Zagreb County Court will forward the case to the Supreme Court, president of the Zagreb County Court Miroslav Sumanovic said. Naletilic's defence attorney, Kresimir Krsnik, proposed that the Supreme Court change the ruling of the Zagreb County Court. He also proposed that the Supreme court deny the ICTY's request for Naletilic's extradition. During the last court hearing held before the Zagreb County Court, Krsnik opposed the extradition of his client. According to him, ICTY's indictment is based on objective and not individual responsibility. Krsnik also opposed that his client be extradited before the completion of the trial conducted in Croatia. The ICTY indictment reads that Naletilic, as the commander of the so called convicts' brigade, committed crimes against humanity and violated the Geneva conventions and war laws. (hina) it jn