[JURIST] Thousands of Pakistanis cheered in support of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry [profile] as he arrived in Faisalabad Sunday, completing a two-day procession from Islamabad. Speaking to the crowd, Chaudhry once again called for a more independent judiciary. He said: "The organs of the state cannot function properly unless there is separation of powers as enshrined in the constitution." About 60,000 supporters greeted Chaudhry on his 22-hour journey.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [official website] suspended [JURIST report] Chaudhry on March 9 "after receiving numerous complaints and serious allegations for misconduct, misuse of authority and actions prejudicial to the dignity of office of the Chief Justice of Pakistan." Many Pakistani lawyers and opposition leaders believe Chaudhry's suspension was an indirect bid by Musharraf to continue his eight-year rule in an election year. AFP has more.

[JURIST] Montenegro authorities Sunday arrested Vlastimir Djordjevic [ICTY case backgrounder, PDF], a former Serbian police general, for the murder and persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo [JURIST news archive] in 1999. According to Djordjevic's indictment, he and six other high-ranking Serb officials are accused of the forced deportation of 800,000 Kosovars and the killings of hundreds of ethnic Albanians who had "no active part in hostilities."

Serbia [JURIST news archive] has come under increased international pressure from the European Union (EU) and the United States to prosecute war criminals and arrest war crimes fugitives. On June 1, Zdravko Tolimir [ICTY case backgrounder, PDF], another war crimes suspect, was arrested and charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, as well as various other crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline]. Four of the 161 suspects indicted by the ICTY remain fugitives, including Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder] and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile]. AP has more.