Hague accused granted temporary Christmas release

Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic has been granted temporary release from custody in Scheveningen. Besides Milutinovic, his co-accused in the case against the so-called Kosovo Six, Jadranko Prlic, and five others have also been released, together with Milan Gvero and Radivoje Miletic, suspects in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Hague accused granted temporary Christmas release Former Bosnia-Hercegovina Army Headquarters Commander Rasim Delic had also been set free earlier. At a press conference last night, Carla Del Ponte advocated scrapping the system of “Christmas presents” the court was giving defendants, by freeing them temporarily during the Tribunal’s winter recess. The fact that the 12 accused would enjoy temporary freedom was, Del Ponte said, “incomprehensible to her and the victims." Milan Milutinovic (FoNet, archive)

Hague accused granted temporary Christmas release

Former Bosnia-Hercegovina Army Headquarters Commander Rasim Delić had also been set free earlier.

At a press conference last night, Carla Del Ponte advocated scrapping the system of “Christmas presents” the court was giving defendants, by freeing them temporarily during the Tribunal’s winter recess. The fact that the 12 accused would enjoy temporary freedom was, Del Ponte said, “incomprehensible to her and the victims."