Dokument #1176291
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Specific information about the activities
of Bosnian army colonel Zulfikar Alispaga-Zuka in the Bjelasnica
Mountain area is currently unavailable to the DIRB. However,
according to a Radio Bosnia-Hercegovina report carried in the BBC
Summary of World Broadcasts of 2 March 1994, the Bosnian army and
police brought criminal charges against 127 people, most of them
members of the Bosnian army, among whom was Zulfikar
Alispaga-Zuka.
Another Radio Bosnia-Hercegovina report
refers to the Muslim warlord Zulfikar-Zuka and his special unit
activities in the area north of Mostar (BBC Summary 6 Oct. 1993). A
Croatian Radio Herceg-Bosna report mentions Zulfikar-Zuka unit
operations on Mount Boksevica (BBC Summary 28 June 1993). A 27 July
1993 Reuters report refers to the Zulfikar-Zuka unit as the "Black
Swans" unit, and states that it is "ultimately under Bosnian army
command and is the crack Moslem force on Mount Igman."
For further information on the
above-mentioned topic, please consult the attached media
reports.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 2
March 1994. "Bosnian Army, Police Bring Charges Against 127 People
in Konjic Area, Arrest 72." (NEXIS)
. 6 October 1993. "Muslims Claim
Successes North of Mostar." (NEXIS)
. 28 June 1993. "Bosnia-Hercegovina;
Priest Leads Croat Refugees to Safety from Muslim-Occupied Travnik
Territories." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 27 July 1993. BC Cycle. "French
Aid Worker Freed After Held in Bosnia." (NEXIS)
Agence France Presse (AFP). 26 July
1993. "France to Ask NATO to Provide Aircover in Bosnia."
(NEXIS)
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 2 March
1994. "Bosnian Army, Police Bring Charges Against 127 People in
Konjic Area, Arrest 72." (NEXIS)
. 6 October 1993. "Muslims Claim
Successes North of Mostar." (NEXIS)
. 28 June 1993. "Bosnia-Hercegovina;
Priest Leads Croat Refugees to Safety from Muslim-Occupied Travnik
Territories." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 27 July 1993. BC Cycle. "French
Aid Worker Freed After Held in Bosnia." (NEXIS)