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  • August 2008

    • Karadzic Blasts 'Witch Hunt,' Says US Wants to Kill Him

      BBC  |  Aug 1, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Karadzic Blasts 'Witch Hunt,' Says US Wants to Kill Him

      (Newser) - Radovan Karadzic says he can't possibly get a fair trial at the Hague because a “media witch hunt” has already proclaimed him a war criminal, the BBC reports. In a document submitted to the war crimes tribunal, Karadzic cited “drastic irregularities” in his arrest and accused the US of trying to "liquidate" him. More »

  • July 2008

    • Karadzic Delays Plea in War Crimes Trial

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 31, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Karadzic Delays Plea in War Crimes Trial

      (Newser) - A freshly shaven and subdued Radovan Karadzic declined to enter a plea in his first appearance today before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, the Guardian reports. The former Bosnian Serb leader said he needed more time to consider the charges, which include 11 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. He also confirmed that he would be representing himself, with the help of an “invisible adviser.” More »

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      Serbia  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • war crimes tribunal

    • Karadzic Delivered to Hague

      Reuters  |  Jul 30, 08 5:23 AM CDT

      Karadzic Delivered to Hague

      (Newser) - Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was whisked from a Serbian jail and handed over to UN officials today to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide. He's expected to appear at court today. The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs was escorted by masked officers from the Serbian secret police in a convoy of black jeeps for a flight to the Netherlands, Reuters reports. Riots broke out earlier in Belgrade yesterday as Karadzic supporters clashed with police. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • extradition  • Radovan Karadzic  • The Hague  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica

    • Hiding Was 'Easy,' Boasts Karadzic

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 25, 08 2:51 AM CDT

      Hiding Was 'Easy,' Boasts Karadzic

      (Newser) - Captured Serbian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been refusing to eat in his Belgrade cell since his arrest more than a week ago—but has been boasting about life on the lam. Karadzic claims he had planned to turn himself in next year, reports the Guardian . Karadzic was nabbed on his way to a spa outside Belgrade. He was carrying swimming trunks, a laptop computer, two mobile phones and small Orthodox Christian icons. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • war crimes tribunal

    • Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

      BBC  |  Jul 23, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

      (Newser) - Bosnian genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to defend himself when he stands trial in the Hague, his lawyer said today. He also plans to lose the Santa Claus beard and pony tail, having requested a shave and haircut, the BBC reports. Karadzic, a former psychiatrist who spent more than a decade on the lam, was posing as a doctor of alternative medicine in Belgrade when he was arrested Monday. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • Slobodan Milosevic

    • My Meeting With the Monster of the Balkans

      Washington Post  |  Jul 23, 08 7:58 AM CDT

      My Meeting With the Monster of the Balkans

      (Newser) - When Richard Holbrooke led the process that resulted in the Dayton Accords and the end of the war in Bosnia, he knew that sending Radovan Karadzic to the Hague was necessary to bring peace to the Balkans. Now, after 12 "inexcusable" years on the run, he has been arrested, and the former ambassador writes in the Washington Post of his only meeting with Karadzic, "whose enthusiastic advocacy of ethnic cleansing merits a special place in history." More »

    • Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      (Newser) - Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5 million reward for his capture, AP reports. More »

      Tags

      United Nations  • Serbia  • genocide  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • The Hague  • Belgrade  • Boris Tadic  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica  • Ratko Mladic

  • April 2008

    • Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      New York Times  |  Apr 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      (Newser) - The UN's tribunal in the Hague has acquitted a former commander of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army of all charges of war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who also briefly served as the breakaway province's prime minister, was cleared of murder, persecution, rape and torture of Kosovo Serb civilians. The verdict threatens to inflame anti-Kosovo sentiment in Serbia, writes the New York Times . More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • war crimes  • The Hague  • international war crimes tribunal  • Ethnic Serbs

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