Prohibiting Measures against Lalovic and Skiljevic
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The State Court ordered prohibiting measures, replacing the custody of Radoje Lalovic and Soniboj Skiljevic, who are suspected of having committed crimes against humanity in the Kula Correctional Facility.
The State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, arrested Lalovic and Skiljevic on November 18, 2008, because the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspects that they participated in “the prosecution of non-Serb civilians on a discriminatory basis”, unlawful detention, torture, inhumane treatment, murder and forced labour in the period between 1992 and 1995.
By the State Court’s decision, the suspects are banned from leaving their places of residence and traveling outside Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their valid travel documents have been confiscated. The issuing of passports and use of identity cards from crossing borders has also been prohibited.
The implementation of these measures, such as the ban on leaving his place of residence in Lalovic’s case, will be done by members of the Police Station in Bijeljina and Police Station in Eastern Sarajevo, where the suspects live.
The State Border Service has been ordered to make sure that they do not leave the Bosnian territory, by importing the prohibiting measures into the Main Data Processing Centre.
Lalovic and Skiljevic are banned from contacting witnesses and accomplices, as well as contacting each other.
Every two months, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will check whether these measures are still justified. In case any of these measures are breached, the suspect will be ordered into custody.
