RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 214, Part II, 3 November 2000
REPORT: DOZENS OF PEOPLE LINKED TO WAR CRIMES HOLD PUBLIC
OFFICE IN BOSNIA. A report by the International Crisis
Committee (ICC) says that five years after the end of the
Bosnian war, some 75 people linked to war crimes are in
elected office or positions of authority in the Republika
Srpska, AP reported on 3 November. The list includes mayors,
police officers, and members of the Bosnian Serb parliament.
The ICC says UN documents and witness testimony implicate
many of those officials in "war crimes, like mass murder,
ethnic cleansing, and mass rape" or in the running of prison
camps. The report says none of the 75 has been publicly
indicted by the war crimes tribunal at The Hague, probably
because the court currently lacks the resources to draw up
cases against them. It adds that some could be on the list of
secret indictees. PB
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