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12/21/2001 - Updated 07:02 AM ET Milosevic seeks release through Human Rights court STRASBOURG, France (AP) - Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has asked the European Court of Human Rights to order his release and throw out the case against him at the U.N. war crimes tribunal, the court said Friday. Milosevic, who is facing war crimes and genocide charges, argued in the complaint that his arrest and detention and the proceedings against him violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The case is directed against the Netherlands, where the tribunal is located and where he has been held since his transfer from Yugoslavia on June 28. A Dutch court ruled Aug. 31 that the Netherlands had no jurisdiction to decide whether to set him free. The court said the war crimes tribunal was "an independent and impartial court," and cited rulings on the tribunal's legitimacy by the European Court of Human Rights last year. The Dutch court said it was up to the tribunal to decide whether the former president's arguments were justified. Milosevic faces counts of war crimes at the international tribunal for the murder and persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. The former president is also accused of genocide against Muslims and Croats in Bosnia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
