In what can only be described as a cynically political move, former Bosnian Vice President, Dr Ejup Ganic, was arrested upon his arrival at Heathrow Airport on 1st March. During the Serb aggression against the Bosnians and Croats, Ganic was accused by the Serbs as presiding over the “massacre” of Serbian soldiers that were laying siege to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, during May 1992. As the Serb soldiers were being evacuated in a deal negotiated by Ganic the chaotic scenes resulted in crossfire and 40 Serb troops were killed.

The incident was investigated by the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague and they ruled that Ganic did not have a case to answer. Still the Serbs issued an arrest warrant that our Government has honoured in a deeply political move. The arrest shames our nation.

Ganic is an innocent man, under international law and should not be tried and cannot be tried fairly by his enemy and aggressors against the Bosnian people, the Serbs.

Read more: http://www.mpacuk.org/story/020310/free-ejup-ganic-now.html#ixzz3rZlIWHWW