Human rights groups called on Bosnia on Friday not to deport foreign-born Muslims who fought in the Bosnian war to countries where they might face rights abuse, torture and punishment. “We urge you to take appropriate steps to safeguard the fundamental rights of every person in Bosnia and Herzegovina subject to removal, including those whose citizenship is under review,” Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Bosnian branch of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights said in a letter to Bosnia’s security minister. In April Bosnia revoked the citizenship of 367 foreigners, most of them Muslim volunteers from Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey who came to fight alongside the Bosnian Muslims in their 1992-95 war against Serbs and Croats, and ordered their deportation. They can appeal but will be deported if their appeals fail. The rights groups said they feared that those facing deportation might be jailed when they reached their countries of origin. The Bosnian action is seen as part of an anti-terrorism drive requested by the United States, which called for the ex-fighters’ deportation during the late 1990s and again after the Sept 11 attacks.