European Human Rights Court Halts Extradition of Croatian General From Austria to Croatia

On November 9, 2007, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) suspended the extradition of former Croatian General Vladimir Zagorec from Austria to Croatia. A judge of the ECHR decided to temporarily suspend the extradition until it decides the issue, namely that Zagorec and his family are in danger of persecution in Croatia. Based on a DVD of Zagorec’s conversation between Croatian presidential advisor Sasa Perkovic and the arrest of Susanne di Mauro Bunjevac in Zagreb, the ECHR triggered Article 3 of the European Human Rights Charter. Article 3 states that “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”...[more]