THE HAGUE, May 27 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague on Thursday unsealed an indictment against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and another four
senior Yugoslav officials for crimes against humanity the Serb forces committed against Kosovo Albanians. Milosevic and the other four officials were accused of crimes against humanity, specifically killings, deportations, and expulsions, and violations of the law and customs of war committed in Kosovo, prosecutor Louise Arbour told reporters. Operacije koje su bile usmjerene na kosovske Albance, poduzete su u svrhu uklanjanja značajnog dijela albanskog stanovništva s Kosova kako bi se osigurala trajna srpska kontrola nad pokrajinom, navodi se u optužnici. Slična djela dogodila su se ranije za vrijeme ratova u Hrvatskoj i Bosni i Hercegovini između 1991. i 1995., kaže optužnica. The Hague tribunal did not accuse the Yugoslav President for crimes committed in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Naša istraga traje, rekla je Arbour upitana zašto se Miloševiću na teret nisu stavili i zločini u dvije susjedne zemlje. Vrlo sam uvjerena da će biti još optužbi protiv nekog od optuženih
THE HAGUE, May 27 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague on
Thursday unsealed an indictment against Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic and another four senior Yugoslav officials for
crimes against humanity the Serb forces committed against Kosovo
Albanians.
Milosevic and the other four officials were accused of crimes
against humanity, specifically killings, deportations, and
expulsions, and violations of the law and customs of war committed
in Kosovo, prosecutor Louise Arbour told reporters.
Operacije koje su bile usmjerene na kosovske Albance, poduzete su u
svrhu uklanjanja značajnog dijela albanskog stanovništva s Kosova
kako bi se osigurala trajna srpska kontrola nad pokrajinom, navodi
se u optužnici.
Slična djela dogodila su se ranije za vrijeme ratova u Hrvatskoj i
Bosni i Hercegovini između 1991. i 1995., kaže optužnica.
The Hague tribunal did not accuse the Yugoslav President for crimes
committed in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Naša istraga traje, rekla je Arbour upitana zašto se Miloševiću na
teret nisu stavili i zločini u dvije susjedne zemlje.
Vrlo sam uvjerena da će biti još optužbi protiv nekog od optuženih
ili svih, kazala je, dodajući da su pravni temelji za optužnicu zbog
zločina u drugoj državi drugačiji od onih na kojoj se temelji
kosovska optužnica.
The indictment was confirmed by an ICTY judge on May 24, but could
not be issued until noon May 27 for security reasons, Arbour said.
She said the indictment includes international arrest warrants.