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Decision on Request for Ganic's Release due on March 11

Ejup Ganić

05 March 2010 A British High Court defers a decision on Ejup Ganic's release from custody until Thursday, March 11, in order to wait for Serbia to submit evidence on the basis of which it suspects that the former Member of the wartime Bosnian Presidency committed a crime in Dobrovoljacka Street, Sarajevo - Justice Report is told by Emina Ganic.

"My father has not been released. The decision has been postponed until Thursday. The judge said Serbia has not presented one single piece of evidence on which it based its request for his arrest. He said that, considering that there is no evidence, they have given Serbia a chance to collect it," Emina Ganic said.

Ejup Ganic was briefly held at London Airport on February 26, 2010. He was arrested on March 1 "on the basis of a preliminary request by Serbian authorities". He was arrested on suspicion that he participated in an attack on a Yugoslav National Army, JNA, convoy in Dobrovoljacka Street in Sarajevo in May 1992. He was ordered into custody, which may last until March 29.

Ganic did not appear at the hearing held before the Westminster Court. His attorneys asked the Court to release him on bail, offering £ 200,000 as a guarantee he would appear before court. The Court rejected the proposal.

In the meantime, Serbian authorities were due to submit documents confirming the existence of grounds for suspicion that Ganic took part in the crime committed in Dobrovoljacka Street, thus enabling the Court to decide whether he can be extradited to stand trial. In addition to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina has also requested his extradition as it is conducting an investigation into the same crime.

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