The former Bosnian Serb leader could be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands either this weekend or early next week, depending on the outcome of a possible last minute appeal.
As Radovan Karadžic is about to be handed over to the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Amnesty International
calls for the Tribunal to be given enough time and resources to
establish the truth and to secure justice for the victims of war crimes
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to take part in a "Kosovo is Serbia" rally in Belgrade on Thursday.
Amnesty International is calling on the Serbian authorities and specifically Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica and President Boris Tadić to urgently condemn attacks on human rights activists and on ethnic minorities in the country
Amnesty International calls on the Kosovo authorities to make the draft
Constitution available for public consultation without delay
War crimes and crimes against humanity from the Kosovo conflict in the
late 1990s risk being left unpunished as a result of a failed UN
justice mission.
As the European Union prepares to make a decision over its responsibilities with regard to Kosovo, Amnesty International warns that war crimes and crimes against humanity from the conflict in the late 1990s must not be left unpunished
A human rights activist from Niš will not now face imprisonment, following the intervention by Amnesty International and a coalition of Serbian NGOs.
Following the declaration of independence by Kosovo in February 2008, demonstrations in Belgrade erupted in violence during which more than 30 police and 30 protesters were injured.
