Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Carla del Ponte - Book launch vetoed

The following report is from SwissInfo linked here: Del Ponte book promotion vetoed Switzerland's ambassador to Argentina, Carla Del Ponte, has been told by the Swiss foreign ministry she cannot promote a new book. The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague was asked to return to Buenos Aires before a scheduled presentation in Milan on Sunday. The foreign ministry said there were statements in "The Hunt: Me and War Criminals", written with New York Times reporter Chuck Sudetic, that were incompatible with Del Ponte's status as an official government representative

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