TORONTO, ONTARIO–(EMWNews – July 22, 2008) –

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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 justice bodies (International
           Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal, etc.)
   -       List of outstanding war criminals, including Dr. Aribert 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.