Petition bush to arrest war criminals that massacred 8,000 in Srebrenica

Ten years ago, massive human rights violations occurred when Bosnian Serb forces killed approximately 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in the former Yugoslavia. Although the international tribunal called it genocide, suspects remain free and the survivors still await justice. Urge President Bush to end impunity by assuring that remaining NATO troops in Bosnia arrest indicted war crimes suspects. Also urge President Bush to extend the international tribunal until all suspects have been arrested and tried.

Text of petition:

Dear President Bush,

July 11, 2005 marks the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, where approximately 8,000 men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica in the former Yugoslavia. A decade later, the survivors still await justice.

The vast number of unresolved cases of “disappearances” in which perpetrators have not yet been brought to justice creates ongoing suffering for their relatives. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia considered the wide-scale, organized, and systematic killing of thousands of Bosnian Muslims to be genocide. There cannot be reconciliation and sustainable peace for the victims in the former Yugoslavia without justice for the wars of the 1990s.

I urge you to end impunity by assuring that the remaining NATO troops in Bosnia arrest indicted war crimes suspects. I also urge you to support the continuation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia until all suspects have been arrested and tried. Thank you for your attention to this matter.


Sincerely,

Peititon 2 Prime Ministers of the region cooperate wtih the war crimes investigation

Text of petition:

Dear Prime Minister,

Ten years after the Srebrenica massacre, I am writing to express my concern about the continuing impunity for this crime, which has been recognised as amounting to genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

I welcome the recent improvement in the cooperation between authorities in Serbia and in Republika Sprska with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and in particular the transfer to the Hague of a number of indicted suspects.

However, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladić and former Bosnian Serb Assistant Commander Zdravko Tolimir, who are indicted by the Tribunal for crimes committed in Srebrenica are still free. They are believed to be either in Serbia or in Republika Sprska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I urge you to:

-- take immediate steps to ensure that Ratko Mladić, Radovan Karadžić, Zdravko Tolimir and all other indicted suspects are arrested and transferred to the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

-- to ensure full cooperation with any criminal investigations that may be opened into the events at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina or in Serbia and Montenegro.

Sincerely,