Post by tyson on Aug 4, 2008 16:55:58 GMT -5
the new australian government supports the swift extradition of kapetan dragan to face trial for his crimes.
unlike the old one who were putting their fingers in their asses doing nothing, as not to make the serbian community in australia stop voting for the liberal party. the liberal party are scum who dont care about criminals facing justice, but only how many votes their party will get.
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news.theage.com.au/national/karadzic-arrest-raises-aussie-link-20080723-3jgf.html
Karadzic arrest raises Aussie link
July 22, 2008 - 11:57PM
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic has raised questions about the ongoing court battle to have Australian Dragan Vasiljkovic extradited to face war crimes charges stemming from the same theatre of war.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has joined a chorus of approval around the globe for the arrest in Serbia of Karadzic - the former Bosnian Serb leader and suspected war criminal.
Karadzic had been on the run for more than a decade from the International Criminal Tribunal before his arrest this week by Serbian security forces.
He faces genocide charges in relation to the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
"I certainly welcome the arrest. More particularly, I welcome the fact that the Serbian authorities have immediately handed him over to the war crimes process," Mr Smith told ABC television.
"... he is deeply implicated in the some of the worst atrocities that we've seen in recent years," Mr Smith said.
But the arrest of Karadzic has also prompted questions about the future of Vasiljkovic, an Australian citizen who has also been accused of war crimes during the Balkans conflict that raged in the early 1990s.
The 52-year-old has been in Sydney's Parklea prison since his arrest in January 2006.
He is accused of killing Croatian civilians and instructing others to commit murder while he was a commander of Serbian paramilitary forces in Srpska Krajina from 1991 to 1995.
Ms Smith said that he hoped the court action to have Vasiljkovic extradited would soon be brought to a conclusion.
But he said Vasiljkovic, also known as Captain Dragan, was entitled to his day in court.
"He's entitled to pursue his legal defences before a relevant jurisdiction - Australia is a relevant jurisdiction," Mr Smith said.
"I hope that those matters before Australian courts come to a conclusion in the near future one way or the other."
unlike the old one who were putting their fingers in their asses doing nothing, as not to make the serbian community in australia stop voting for the liberal party. the liberal party are scum who dont care about criminals facing justice, but only how many votes their party will get.
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news.theage.com.au/national/karadzic-arrest-raises-aussie-link-20080723-3jgf.html
Karadzic arrest raises Aussie link
July 22, 2008 - 11:57PM
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic has raised questions about the ongoing court battle to have Australian Dragan Vasiljkovic extradited to face war crimes charges stemming from the same theatre of war.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has joined a chorus of approval around the globe for the arrest in Serbia of Karadzic - the former Bosnian Serb leader and suspected war criminal.
Karadzic had been on the run for more than a decade from the International Criminal Tribunal before his arrest this week by Serbian security forces.
He faces genocide charges in relation to the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
"I certainly welcome the arrest. More particularly, I welcome the fact that the Serbian authorities have immediately handed him over to the war crimes process," Mr Smith told ABC television.
"... he is deeply implicated in the some of the worst atrocities that we've seen in recent years," Mr Smith said.
But the arrest of Karadzic has also prompted questions about the future of Vasiljkovic, an Australian citizen who has also been accused of war crimes during the Balkans conflict that raged in the early 1990s.
The 52-year-old has been in Sydney's Parklea prison since his arrest in January 2006.
He is accused of killing Croatian civilians and instructing others to commit murder while he was a commander of Serbian paramilitary forces in Srpska Krajina from 1991 to 1995.
Ms Smith said that he hoped the court action to have Vasiljkovic extradited would soon be brought to a conclusion.
But he said Vasiljkovic, also known as Captain Dragan, was entitled to his day in court.
"He's entitled to pursue his legal defences before a relevant jurisdiction - Australia is a relevant jurisdiction," Mr Smith said.
"I hope that those matters before Australian courts come to a conclusion in the near future one way or the other."