Le parquet fait appel après l'acquittement du nazi Sandor Kepiro

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A la Une > Europe

AFP

19.07.11
16h47
Le parquet a fait appel, mardi 19 juillet, du verdict rendu la veille par le tribunal de Budapest, qui a acquitté Sandor Kepiro, 97 ans, de l'accusation de complicité de crimes de guerre en Serbie en 1942....more...
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http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2011/07/19/le-parquet-fait-appel-apres-l-acquittement-du-nazi-sandor-kepiro_1550593_3214.html

Protests In Two Serbian Cities Over Acquittal Of Alleged WWII Killer

radio free europe
July 25, 2011

Hundreds of people have taken part in demonstrations in two Serbian cities against the acquittal by a Hungarian court of an alleged World War II criminal who was charged with involvement in operations by pro-Nazi troops that left hundreds of Serbs, Jews and other civilians dead....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/protests_in_two_serbian_cities_over_acquittal_of_alleged_wwii_killer/24275820.html

Kepiro's lawyer appeals first-instance ruling

b92.net
REGION

THURSDAY 21.07.2011
10:00
SOURCE: AP, TANJUG

BUDAPEST -- The lawyer Sandor Kepiro, acquitted by a Budapest court of war crime charges against Jews, Serbs and Roma, appealed the ruling.
The defense lawyer said the acquittal "did not go far enough in clearing his client"....more....
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=07&dd=21&nav_id=75550

Hungary Acquits Novi Sad Massacre Suspect

balkan insight
19 JUL 2011 / 15:48

The Higher Court of Budapest has acquitted WWII Hungarian Gendarmerie officer Sandor Kepiro, accused of ordering the execution of dozens of Jews in Serbia.

Petar Subotin Belgrade

A Budapest court on Monday acquitted Kepiro of committing war crimes against Serbs, Jews, and Roma during an infamous raid on the northern Serbian town of Novi Sad in January 1942....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/hungarian-court-acquits-nazi-suspect

Nazisme : le Hongrois Sandor Kepiro a été acquitté

le monde
A la Une > Europe

LEMONDE.FR avec AFP

18.07.11
12h28 • Mis à jour le 18.07.11
15h02
Le Hongrois Sandor Kepiro, 97 ans, considéré comme l'un des derniers criminels de guerre nazis présumés encore vivants, a été acquitté de l'accusation de complicité de crimes de guerre en Serbie en 1942, notamment contre des juifs, lundi 18 juillet, par le tribunal de Budapest....more...
read more: le monde
http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2011/07/18/nazisme-le-hongrois-sandor-kepiro-a-ete-acquitte_1549952_3214.html

Hungary Nazi war crimes suspect Sandor Kepiro acquitted

bbc news
18 July 2011 Last updated at 11:00 GMT

Hungarian man, Sandor Kepiro, has been found not guilty of committing war crimes during a 1942 raid.
A Budapest court acquitted the former police captain, now 97, of ordering the rounding up and execution of over 30 Jews and Serbs in Serbia in 1942....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14185045

Nazi war crimes suspect found non-guilty by Hungarian court

xinhua
Nazi war crimes suspect found non-guilty by Hungarian court
English.news.cn 2011-07-18 21:17:24
BUDAPEST, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A three-judge panel in a Hungarian court issued a not-guilty verdict in the war crimes trial of 97-year-old Sandor Kepiro.
Kepiro, a former Hungarian gendarmerie captain, was listed by the Simon Wiesenthal center as the world's most wanted Nazi war crimes suspect....more...
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/18/c_13993096.htm

Hungary court clears man, aged 97, of WW2 warcrimes

reuters
By Marton Dunai and Fedja Grulovic

BUDAPEST/NOVI SAD

Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:15pm BST
(Reuters) - A Hungarian court on Monday cleared a 97-year-old man of involvement in the massacre of more than 1,000 civilians in the Serb city of Novi Sad during World War Two, but opponents said they would try to overturn the verdict....more...
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/18/uk-hungary-warcrimes-idUKTRE76H2BU20110718

Man charged with killing Serbs, Jews and Roma acquitted

b92.net
REGION

MONDAY 18.07.2011
12:51
SOURCE: TANJUG

BUDAPEST -- A Hungarian court has acquitted WW2 fascist Hungarian Gendarmerie officer Sandor Kepiro, who stood trial charged with war crimes committed in occupied Serbia.

The Budapest Prosecution charged him in February of this year with taking part in the infamous Novi Sad Raid, when 1,200 Serbs, Jews and Romas were rounded up and executed in the space of three days in February 1942....more....
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=07&dd=18&nav_id=75506

Prosecution, Jewish community react to Kepiro acquittal

b92.net
POLITICS

MONDAY 18.07.2011
16:27
SOURCE: B92, TANJUG

BELGRADE, BUDAPEST -- Serbia's Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić said Monday he "could not comment" on the decision by Budapest court to acquit Sandor Kepiro.
He however said he expected "Hungarian colleagues to appeal the verdict".

"This is a first-degree verdict and we cannot comment on it. Of course we are not happy with it and expect the Hungarian prosecutor to appeal it," Vekarić told Tanjug....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=07&dd=18&nav_id=75509

There are always choices, even in war

the economist
HUNGARY AND THE WAR
  May 5th 2011, 17:07 by A.L.B.

BUDAPEST
THE war-crimes trial of Sándor Képíró, a former officer in the Hungarian gendarmerie, opened in Budapest today. Mr Képíró has been charged with commanding a patrol that executed four people in Novi Sad, northern Serbia, in January 1942, and is suspected of involvement in the deaths of 30 others.
The killings took place after Novi Sad had been occupied by the Hungarian army. About 1,200 people, mostly Serbs and Jews, were killed over a three-day period. The massacre only stopped after the arrival of senior officers from Budapest....more...
read more: the economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/05/hungary_and_war

Suspect in Novi Sad Massacre Tried in Hungary

balkan insight
05 May 2011 / 13:53

The trial of 97-year-old Sandor Kepiro, accused of committing war crimes in occupied northern Serbia during WWII, has begun in Budapest, Hungary.
Tanjug, B92

Kepiro showed up in the courtroom on Wednesday aided by relatives, "since he moves with difficulty", said reports....more...
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/suspect-in-novi-sad-massacre-tried-in-hungary

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Prosecutor to attend start of Kepiro trial

b92.net
Crime & War crimes

Wednesday 4.05.2011
13:40
Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević will attend the start of the trial of WW2 Hungarian police captain Sandor Kepiro, set to begin in Budapest tomorrow....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=04&nav_id=74141