Hague Tribunal sentences Karadzic to 40 years in prison
The Hague Tribunal has found Radovan Karadzic guilty and sentenced him to 40 years in prison in the first-instance verdict announced on Thursday.
Thursday, 24.03.2016.
15:45
Hague Tribunal sentences Karadzic to 40 years in prison
The trial chamber also found him responsible on joint criminal enterprise charges concerning the siege of Sarajevo and taking UN members hostage, as well as for genocide in Srebrenica.He has been cleared of genocide charged concerning seven other Bosnian municipalities.
Both Karadzic and the Hague prosecution have a right to appeal today's ruling. Karadzic will remain in Hague detention until the final verdict has been announced.
Beta agency reported earlier that the trial chamber members to issue today's judgment are Howard Morrison of the United Kingdom, Melville Baird of Trinidad and the presiding judge is O-gon Kwon of South Korea.
70-year-old Karadzic, a former leader of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS), was indicted on two counts of genocide in Srebrenica and another seven Bosnian municipalities during the war in Bosnia, 1992-1995. Other counts of the indictment against him included persecution, extermination, murder, deportation, inhune acts, terrorizing the civilian population, illegal attacks on civilians and taking international hostages.
In their closing arguments, delivered in October 2014, the prosecutors asked that the judges find Karadzic guilty on all counts and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Karadzic, who defended himself, asked for acquittal, claiming that the prosecutors had failed to prove his guilt during the trial.
The trial against Karadzic began in October 2009, with the prosecution calling its first witness in mid-April 2010.
The first indictment against Karadzic for genocide in Srebrenica was issued in July 1995. He remained at large until July 2008, when Serbian authorities arrested him in Belgrade and extradited him to the Hague Tribunal.
111 Komentari
Možda vas zanima
Zakazan sastanak: Sprema se kraj rata?
Savetnici za nacionalnu bezbednost i visoki zvaničnici iz celog sveta spremaju se za sastanak koji će ovog vikenda biti održan u katarskoj prestonici Dohi.
15:07
25.4.2024.
1 d
Stiže novi "pakao"; Spremite se
Kao u prvih 15 dana aprila, ovaj mesec će se završiti natprosečnim temperaturama. Prema najavi RHMZ u nedelju i do prve polovine naredne sedmice temperature će dostići letnje vrednosti.
7:21
26.4.2024.
16 h
Rat – dan 792: Novi udarac za Zelenskog; Žestoke borbe, na hiljade mrtvih; Stigla osveta
Rat u Ukrajini – 792. dan. Udari ukrajinskih dronova na ruska skladišta goriva i čeličanu.
23:38
25.4.2024.
1 d
"Poslali su 120.000 vojnika na našu granicu; Oni su narkomani..."
Predsednik Belorusije Aleksandar Lukašenko izjavio da je Ukrajina koncentrisala grupu od 120.000 vojnika u blizini beloruske granice.
14:49
25.4.2024.
1 d
Stigle nove cene goriva: Evo koliko ćemo plaćati dizel
Stigle su nove cene goriva, tako da će od danas od 15 časova, na pumpama u Srbiji litar evro dizela koštati 206 dinara, a litar benzina evropremijum BMB biće 198 dinara.
11:48
26.4.2024.
12 h
Komentari 111
Pogledaj komentare