Gen. Gotovina's Family Demands His Release from The Hague
Croatian General Ante Gotovina's Family Demands His Release from The Hague
PARIS, (AFP) May 28, 2006 - The family of Croatian General Ante Gotovina,
accused of war crimes by the penal Court international (TPI) for ex-Yugoslavia and imprisoned in the prison of the TPI in the Netherlands, announced Tuesday in a release, in an official statement published by their lawyer, Me Henri de Beauregard. Two days after the vote of the Montenegrins in favour of the independence of their country, Me of Beauregard has protested in this official statement against the imprisonment "for more than five months" of Ante Gotovina "for the only reason which it has, him also, taken part in the emancipation of its people unde Serb supervision". The lawyer points out that Mr.Gotovina, who was useful in the foreign Legion, "enjoys French nationality", and "étonne of the deafening silence preserved by the" French "authorities on the imprisonment of one of its sons". The family and the friends of the General "support that this imprisonment and the procedure which it orders are the result of purely political considerations, in particular of a research d'équilibre between nationalities and various accused of the TPI for ex-Yugoslavia". Accused of war crimes committed against the Serbs of Croatia at the end of the Serbo-Croatian conflict in 1995, Gotovina was stopped December 2005 in Spain and was transferred to the prison from the TPI. Regarded as a hero by many Croats, he pleads not guilty.
PARIS, (AFP) May 28, 2006 - The family of Croatian General Ante Gotovina,
accused of war crimes by the penal Court international (TPI) for ex-Yugoslavia and imprisoned in the prison of the TPI in the Netherlands, announced Tuesday in a release, in an official statement published by their lawyer, Me Henri de Beauregard. Two days after the vote of the Montenegrins in favour of the independence of their country, Me of Beauregard has protested in this official statement against the imprisonment "for more than five months" of Ante Gotovina "for the only reason which it has, him also, taken part in the emancipation of its people unde Serb supervision". The lawyer points out that Mr.Gotovina, who was useful in the foreign Legion, "enjoys French nationality", and "étonne of the deafening silence preserved by the" French "authorities on the imprisonment of one of its sons". The family and the friends of the General "support that this imprisonment and the procedure which it orders are the result of purely political considerations, in particular of a research d'équilibre between nationalities and various accused of the TPI for ex-Yugoslavia". Accused of war crimes committed against the Serbs of Croatia at the end of the Serbo-Croatian conflict in 1995, Gotovina was stopped December 2005 in Spain and was transferred to the prison from the TPI. Regarded as a hero by many Croats, he pleads not guilty.