TWO BOSNIAN WOMEN SUE SERB LEADER, CHARGING RAPE

February 13, 1993 - (Reuter-Special in Toronto Star) Two Bosnian women have filed a multimillion-dollar civil suit against the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, charging him with rape and other human rights violations.

The class action suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, alleges that Radovan Karadzic has legal responsibility for mass rapes, forced pregnancies and other brutalities inflicted by his forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The suit alleges he violated the Geneva Conventions and other international law provisions. The plaintiffs said they have standing here because, under federal laws, suits that allege human rights abuses committed in other countries can be filed in the United States.