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international war crimes tribunal stories: 13 news summaries

Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Prosecutors reveal tape as Bosnian leader's trial goes on without him

Oct 27, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic was caught on tape ordering the slaughter at Zepa and Srebenica, prosecutors revealed today at the war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader. “It will be a black cauldron,” Karadzic says on the tape, “where 300,000 Muslims will die.” But prosecutor... More »

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Bosnia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Srebrenica • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • Ethnic Serbs • Srebrenica massacre • war crimes tribunal

 Karadzic Refuses to 
 Leave Cell for Trial 

Proceedings halted as alleged war criminal boycotts

Oct 26, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The long-awaited trial of Radovan Karadzic was halted just 15 minutes after opening because the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to leave his cell and attend the proceedings. Although prosecutors in The Hague asked the judges to continue in his absence, the presiding magistrate suspended the proceedings until tomorrow. The... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Srebrenica • Radovan Karadzic • Balkans War • Srebrenica massacre

 Karadzic to Boycott 
 Bosnia Genocide Trial 

Hague tribunal will open in his absence

Oct 22, 09 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader arrested last year after more than a decade in hiding, will boycott his trial for genocide and other crimes next week. The trial at the international court in The Hague will begin Monday in Karadzic's absence, an official says. Prosecutors are expecting they'll need... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Radovan Karadzic • Srebrenica massacre

(AP) - The former head of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center asked the Cambodian people today to give him "the harshest punishment." Kaing Guek Eav, alias "Duch," who headed the notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, made the statement during his UN genocide trial, after a widow... More »

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genocide • international war crimes tribunal • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch

 'Death-Squad' Serb 
 Was CIA Spook 

Agency submits classified document to international court in Stanisic's defense

Mar 1, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A Serbian leader facing trial for organizing "ethic cleansing" death squads was a key CIA aide, reports the Los Angeles Times. Jovica Stanisic, head of intelligence for brutal Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, secretly fed information to CIA agents desperate for dirt on factions in the former Yugoslavia. While Stanisic... More »

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Serbia • CIA • war crimes • international war crimes tribunal • ethnic cleansing • Slobodan Medic • Jovica Stanisic • death squads

 UN Acquits Serb Leader 

Five others convicted of roles in Kosovo violence

Feb 26, 09 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A UN tribunal acquitted former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic today of war crimes during the late-1990s conflict in Kosovo, the BBC reports. Milutinovic, the titular leader of Serbia in 1997-2002, did not have direct control of the Yugoslav army during the campaign of violence committed against Kosovar Albanians, the tribunal... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • war crimes • Kosovo • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Former Yugoslavia • Milan Milutinovic

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

Ex-Bosnian leader claims he cut a deal with Washington

Aug 1, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Bosnia • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Muslim • assassination • Radovan Karadzic • Richard Holbrooke

OPINION

My Meeting With the Monster of the Balkans

Karadzic was terrifying at negotating table, writes Holbrooke

Jul 23, 08 7:58 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Ratko Mladic • Radovan Karadzic • Balkans War • Richard Holbrooke

 Serbia Collars 
 Karadzic for
 War Crimes 

Former Bosnian Serb leader faces UN genocide charges

Jul 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian forces arrested Radovan Karadzic today after hunting the war crimes fugitive for 12 years, the AP reports. The former Bosnian Serb president, collared with other suspected war criminals, will likely be sent to the UN war crimes court in the Hague. The tribunal has indicted him twice, once for... More »

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United Nations • Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • international war crimes tribunal • Radovan Karadzic

Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted
of War Crimes

Ex PM cleared of attacks on ethnic Serbs

Apr 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Serb General Convicted of War Crimes

Commander whose troops shelled
Sarajevo gets 33 years

Dec 12, 07 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Nations tribunal at the Hague has convicted a Bosnian Serb general of war crimes, crimes against humanity and other charges, and sentenced him to 33 years in prison. Dragomir Milosevic commanded his troops to shell Sarajevo and fire at bystanders during the siege of the Bosnian capital, where... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • international war crimes tribunal • Slobodan Milosevic • Sarajevo

UN Convicts Serbian Officer of War Crimes

Tribunal's verdict draws fire from Croatia for 'shocking' leniency

Sep 28, 07 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Serb officer was convicted yesterday of aiding and abetting murder and torture, and sentenced to 20 years in prison by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, enraging Croatians, the Times of London reports. The case concerned the 1991 massacre at Vukovar, a Croatian town where hundreds of... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Croatia • Vukovar

Former Serb Leader Guilty
of War Crimes

Led ethnic cleansing
of non-Serbs in early-90s Croatia

Jun 12, 07 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Serb rebel leader Milan Martic has been convicted of murder and other atrocities in Croatia in the early 1990s and sentenced to 35 years in jail. The international war crimes tribunal in the Hague found Martic guilty of ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs when he was leader of the so-called... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • Milan Martic • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Krajina Serb Republic • Croatia • Slobodan Milosevic

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