Media Advisory: Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center Applauds the Capture and Arrest of Accused Serbian War Criminal

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Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:22pm EDT 

  TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jul 22 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Attn: News/National/Assignment

    The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies applauds the
arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who has been a
fugitive on war crimes charges for more than a decade.

    "It's fortunate that the world had to wait only 15 years to bring Radovan
Karadzic before a court of justice. We trust that no one will say that he
shouldn't be handed over to the courts due to the passage of time. The
capture of Karadzic points out that the planned shutdown of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia while other war criminals
are still outstanding must be rethought." commented Leo Adler, Director
of National Affairs, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust
Studies.

    The survivors of the Holocaust are still waiting for 'Dr. Death' to be
found and arrested. Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Israel director of The Simon
Wiesenthal Center has recently tracked SS doctor Aribert Heim, known as
'Dr. Death' to South America where he believed to be living. Heim
murdered and committed experimental medical atrocities on hundreds of
inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp where he was the camp doctor
during WWII.


WHO:       Leo Adler, Director of National Affairs, Friends of Simon
           Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies

WHAT:      Mr. Adler will be available to the media to discuss:

   -       War crimes and the ongoing threat of genocide
   -       The role of various international criminal bodies (International
           Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal, etc.)
   -       List of outstanding war criminals, including Dr. Artibert Heim


    About Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies

    Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies is a Canadian
human rights organization dedicated to fostering tolerance and
understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and
social action. It has 25,000 members across Canada, and confronts
important contemporary issues including racism, antisemitism, terrorism
and genocide. The Center is affiliated with the world-wide, Los
Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, an accredited Non-Government
Organization with status at international agencies, including the United
Nations, UNESCO, OSCE and the Council of Europe. With over 400,000
members of all faiths around the world, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has
offices in New York, Miami, Paris, Jerusalem, Buenos Aires and Toronto.
Simon Wiesenthal died in 2005 after devoting his life to preserving the
memories of the victims of the Holocaust, while simultaneously seeking
justice for the war criminals. Visit: www.fswc.ca.

Contacts:
Torchia Communications
Lawrence Stevenson, APR
Office: (416) 341-9929 x222
Cell: (416) 554-4545
Email: lawrence@torchiacom.com
Website: www.fswc.ca

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