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War crimes in ex-Yugoslavia
Mar 4th 2011, 16:55 by T.J.
GENERAL JOVAN DIVJAK, regarded by many as one of the few heroes of the Bosnian war of 1992-95, has been arrested at Vienna airport on a Serbian warrant. Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s interior minister, said he had been detained in connection with the so-called Dobrovoljacka Street case, in which soldiers in the Yugoslav army were killed by Bosnian forces during their retreat from Sarajevo in May 1992.
Mr Divjak, a Serb who had served in the Yugoslav army before the wars, was (and is) regarded as a hero in Sarajevo because he decided to join the Bosnian army when war broke out. He played a crucial role in the defence of the Bosnian capital, which was encircled by Bosnian Serb forces, who were armed and funded by Slobodan Milosevic-led Serbia.
GENERAL JOVAN DIVJAK, regarded by many as one of the few heroes of the Bosnian war of 1992-95, has been arrested at Vienna airport on a Serbian warrant. Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s interior minister, said he had been detained in connection with the so-called Dobrovoljacka Street case, in which soldiers in the Yugoslav army were killed by Bosnian forces during their retreat from Sarajevo in May 1992.
Mr Divjak, a Serb who had served in the Yugoslav army before the wars, was (and is) regarded as a hero in Sarajevo because he decided to join the Bosnian army when war broke out. He played a crucial role in the defence of the Bosnian capital, which was encircled by Bosnian Serb forces, who were armed and funded by Slobodan Milosevic-led Serbia.
Mr Divjak's stand against what he regarded as ethnic fascism was seen as treachery by many Serbs. But as the war progressed he was sidelined by his own side, like many other prominent non-Bosniaks who had decided to throw in their lot in defence of a multi-ethnic Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Exactly a year ago Ejup Ganic, a former Bosnian leader, was arrested in London on charges on a warrant relating to the same case as Mr Divjak's. In July he was released after the judge said that he believed the case to have been brought for political purposes, and “as such amount[ed] to an abuse of the process of this court.” In 2003 the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague dismissed the Ganic case, claiming there was no evidence against him. ...more...
Exactly a year ago Ejup Ganic, a former Bosnian leader, was arrested in London on charges on a warrant relating to the same case as Mr Divjak's. In July he was released after the judge said that he believed the case to have been brought for political purposes, and “as such amount[ed] to an abuse of the process of this court.” In 2003 the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague dismissed the Ganic case, claiming there was no evidence against him. ...more...
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*Jovan Divjak
Jovan Divjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Дивјак) (born March 11, 1937 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) was a Bosnian general in the Bosnian army during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. He was the deputy commander of the Main Staff until 1994. He is a self-declared Bosnian.[1][2]
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