'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic imprisoned for life after being found guilty of genocide
The 74 year old faced 11 charges, including genocide and crimes against humanity, at the UN tribunal.
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The 74 year old faced 11 charges, including genocide and crimes against humanity, at the UN tribunal.
Bosnian Serb commander is set to stand trial on genocide and other charges next month.
Reports say that suspected war criminal Mladic, who is charged with genocide, is suffering from pneumonia.
But what happens if he refuses to attend tomorrow’s war crimes tribunal hearing?
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The former commander of the Bosnian Serb army robustly defended his actions in the Netherlands court as he heard the indictment against him read out for the first time.
The former Bosnian Serb military commander has undergone health checks and placed in isolation ahead of his trial for alleged genocide at The Hague.
Serbian prosecutor says suspected war criminal and former general Ratko Mladic will be extradited to The Hague “as soon as possible”.
The former Bosnian Serb military commander is unlikely to win his appeal with the Serbian government keen to move him on to the Netherlands to stand trial.
Mladic’s son claimed today that “whatever was done in Srebrenica, he has nothing to do with it”.
Serbian right-wing groups have urged their supporters to attend today’s rally, but Mladic’s lawyer says he has issued an appeal against violence and unrest in his name.
The Serbian president has vowed to investigate those who may have colluded with Mladic to keep him from the authorities. Meanwhile, details of how the former army chief lived in hiding have been emerging.
Some background on one of Europe’s most wanted men, from his father’s death in 1945 to his rise as a Bosnian Serb military leader and later indictment for war crimes.
The judge has ruled that Mladic can stand trial for war crimes at The Hague in the Netherlands.
The war crimes suspect was living as a fugitive in a Serbian village. He will now be extradited to The Hague to stand trial.