Update: Balkan media are reporting this afternoon that Ganic’s request to be released on bail has been refused by the court in London.

B92 says that he may remain detained until 14 March when the deadline for submitting relevant documents expires, but wonders whether there may be a problem with Belgrade sending in all the paperwork…

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Dnevni Avaz in Sarajevo reports today that Sanela Jenkins ("a Sarajevo woman married to a rich British banker") has paid over £200,000 as bail to secure Ejup Ganic’s release from prison, expected later today.

Also that the BH Prosecutor has now sent an extradition request to the British authorities asking that Ganic be transferred to Bosnia: The Prosecutor considers itself solely competent for processing war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina for which BH citizens are suspected.

Fascinating. If this one gets into a full court case, how will Serbia and BH each argue the case that (a) Dobrovoljacka Street was a suspected war crime, and (b) that Ganic needs to be prosecuted for it, and (c) that he needs to be extradited accordingly?

Is this a wise move by the Bosnians? Can not Serbia use it to argue that the BH application is a smokescreen to enable Ganic to escape any serious investigation of the crime, since otherwise why have the Bosnians done nothing about it in nearly 20 years?