WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Hina) - The National Federation of Croatian Americans (NFCA) on Saturday forwarded a letter to the ICTY's President, Claude Jorda, protesting over the decision of the tribunal's prosecution to withdraw a part of
the indictment against a former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic.
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Hina) - The National Federation of Croatian
Americans (NFCA) on Saturday forwarded a letter to the ICTY's
President, Claude Jorda, protesting over the decision of the
tribunal's prosecution to withdraw a part of the indictment against
a former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic. #L#
The protest letter sent to the President of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reads that the
NFCA asks that evidence on the genocide over Croats in Bosnia-
Herzegovina should remain in the ICTY's archives.
The NFCA asks Jorda not to allow injustice, under the pretext of
efficiency and speed of the trial, to be done to Croats, mercilessly
killed during the war in Bosnia.
The NFCA reminds that Milosevic was accused of the genocide
committed against Bosniaks (Muslims) and Croats in Bosnia, but
Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte has recently announced that she
has to withdraw a part of the Milosevic indictment and present
evidence only on the genocide over the Bosnian Muslims, due to the
time limitations in the duration of the Milosevic process.
The American Croats' association asks Judge Jorda to order the
prosecutor del Ponte to submit evidence on the genocide over
Bosnian Croats, and to allow the prolongation of the trial if
necessary.
The NFCA describes the attempt to make division between Bosniak and
Croat victims of the same genocidal plan as incomprehensible.
It sent another letter to authorities in Croatia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina asking them to officially protest over the ICTY
prosecution's decision.
The copies of the letters were forwarded to the international
relations committees of the both chambers of U.S. Congress and to
the State Department.
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