KBSA, IRGC, BAGI zajednički najstrožije osuđuju ovu odluku i zahtjevaju istraživanje sudskog procesa u Crnoj Gori

CNAB, IRGC, and BAGI strongly condemn this decision and requests a full investigation into the judicial process in Montenegro

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB), the Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada (IRGC), and the Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI) are appalled by the decision of Montenegro’s Higher Court to acquit those responsible of deportation and mistreatment of Bosniaks during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 – 1995.  Judge Milenka Zizic ruled Tuesday that not enough evidence exists to convict the nine former police officers who actively participated in hunting down and deporting to Serb forces in Bosnia more than 79 Bosniak refugees who were subsequently executed.  Judge Zizic further infuriated the victims’’ families by stating that the police officers could not be convicted of war crimes since Montenegro was not formally at war with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This unjust decision clearly indicates that Montenegro is far away from accepting responsibility for its role in vehemently supporting the war policies of Slobodan Milosevic, who died at the Hague while on trial for war crimes, and Radovan Karadzic who is currently on trial for war crimes during the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has been well documented that Serbian and Montenegrin soldiers and reservists were actively involved in the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ethnic cleansing and genocide against non-Serb, mainly Bosniak populations.  This effect was particularly felt by Bosniaks living in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina along the border with Serbia and Montenegro.

Bosniaks who managed to escape the initial attacks by crossing over the border to Montenegro were then hunted down by the Montenegrin police and returned to death camps. Justice must be served by Montenegro must own up to its past and prosecute all those who participated in persecution of Bosniaks in Montenegro and contributed to the ethnic cleansing and genocidal policies. Without justice, there can be no peace and reconciliation in the region. This decision is particularly disturbing given the discriminatory policies against Bosniaks in Montenegro today particularly in the Sandzak region.

CNAB, IRGC, and BAGI strongly condemn this decision and requests a full investigation into the judicial process in Montenegro.  We will lobby the American, Canadian, and EU authorities to put pressure on Montenegrin authorities to comply with their obligation to prosecute war criminals. We will also urge the European Union to put an immediate halt to all the Montenegrin aspirations for integration into the European Union until Montenegro shows that it is willing to unconditionally come to terms with the ghosts of its wartime past. 

Haris Alibasic, MPA, President
Congress of North American Bosniaks
http://www.bosniak.org

Prof. Emir Ramic, Chairman
Institute for Genocide Research Canada
http://www.instituteforgenocide.ca/

Sanja Seferovic-Drnovsek J.D, MEd, Chair
Bosnian American Institute for Genocide and Education (BAGI)
http://www.baginst.org

 

KBSA, IRGC, BAGI zajednički najstrožije osuđuju ovu odluku i zahtjevaju istraživanje sudskog procesa u Crnoj Gori

Kongres Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike (KBSA), Institut za istraživanje genocida- Kanada i Bosansko američki institute za genocid i Centar za obrazovanje  (BAGI) su šokirani odlukom Crnogorskog višeg suda u vezi oslobaÄ‘ajuće optužbe odgovornim za deportaciju i zlostavljanje Bošnjaka za vrijeme rata u Bosni I Hercegovini 1992-1995. Sudija Milenka Žižić je donijela odluku u utorak da ne  postoji dovoljno dokaza da se osudi devet bivših policajaca koji su aktivno ucestvovali u procesu deportacije 79 Bošnjaka u ruke Srpskim jedinicama, a koji su poslije ubijeni. Sudija Žižić je time dodatno uvrijedila obitelji žrtava izjavom da policajci ne mogu biti osuÄ‘eni pošto Crna Gora nije formalno bila u ratu protiv Bosne i Hercegovine.

 

Ova nepravedna odluka pokazuje da Crna Gora ne prihvaća odgovornost za svoju ulogu podrške ratnom zločincu Slobodanu Miloševiću, predsjedniku Srbije ratnom zločincu Radovanu Karadžiću za vrijeme rata i agresije na Bosnu i Hercegovinu Dokazano je da su srpski i crnogorski vojnici i rezervisti učestvovali u agresiji na Bosnu i Hercegovinu i aktivno sprovodili akte etničkog čišÄenja i genocida protiv bošnjačkog stanovništva. . Bošnjaci koju su živjeli u Istočnoj Bosni, na granici Srbije i Crne Gore su najviše osjetili to nasilje od strane agresorksih snaga.

 

Bošnjaci koji su izbjegli početne napade prelazeći crnogorsku granicu  su hapšeni od strane crnogorske policije  i vraćani u koncentracione logore smrti. Pravda se mora ostvariti i Crna Gora mora odgovarati za svoju prošlost i osuditi sve one koji su učestvovali u etčickom čišÄenju i genocidu nad Bošnjacima  u Crnoj Gori. Bez pravde, ne može biti mira i pomirenja u regiji. Ova odluka je naročito uznemiravajuća radi dodatne diskriminatorske politikeprotiv Bošnjaka od strane  vlade i vlasti u Crnoj Gori i u Sandžaku. . KBSA, IRGC, BAGI zajednički najstrožije osuÄ‘uju ovu odluku i zahtjevaju istraživanje sudskog procesa u Crnoj Gori. Mi ćemo lobirati američke, kanadske i europske vlasti da izvrše pritisak na crnogorsku vladu da prihvati dužnost da osudi ratne zločince. TakoÄ‘er, mi ćemo vršiti pritisak prema Europskoj Uniji  da se blokiraju crnogorske aspiracijeza integraciju u EuropskuUniju dok god Crna Gora ne pokaže da se suoči sa avetima  prošlosti rata.

 

Mr.Haris Alibašić, Predsjednik
Kongres Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike (KBSA)
www.bosniak.org

Prof.Emir Ramić, Predsjednik
Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada (IRGC)
http://www.instituteforgenocide.ca/

Mr.Sanja Drnovsek Seferović, Predsjednik
Bosansko –američki institut za genocid i obrazovanje (BAGI)
http://www.baginst.org