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As Trial Begins, Mladic Taunts Survivors

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:26:46 CDT

The war crimes trial for Ratko Mladic opened today in the Hague, and the Bosnian Serb general once again made no attempt to appear sympathetic. He gave a thumbs-up and slowly clapped his hands sarcastically as the trial began, waving and smirking at the rows of survivors and relatives of...

Charles Taylor Guilty of War Crimes

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:33:18 CDT

In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for blood diamonds. Taylor is the first head of state convicted by an international...

Last Serbian War Criminal Arrested

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:32:54 CDT

Serbia has arrested the last of its indicted war criminals, Goran Hadzic. Hadzic, president of the de facto government of Serb territories that broke away in former Yugoslavia, was in hiding for seven years. With his arrest, all 161 people indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for alleged war crimes...

Lawyer: Mladic Has Cancer

Kevin Spak — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:01:53 CDT

Ratko Mladic's lawyer says he can prove the suspected war criminal has cancer. Milos Saljic showed the AP a copy of a 2009 document that purports to show that Mladic was treated at a Serbian hospital between April and July of that year, and that he was diagnosed with lymph...

Mladic to Be Extradited to Hague

Kevin Spak — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:54:31 CDT

Ratko Mladic can be extradited to the international war crimes tribunal at The Hague to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a Serbian judge ruled today, brushing aside concerns that the former military leader was in poor health. Mladic has three days to appeal the decision, the LA...

Defiant Karadzic Defends 'Holy' Bosnian War

Rob Quinn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:21:00 CST

A defiant Radovan Karadzic described the Serb cause as "just and holy" as he opened his defense at his genocide trial yesterday. The former Bosnian Serb leader, on trial over the deaths of 100,000 Muslims and Croats during the conflict in the 1990s, said the Serbs were acting in...

Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Kevin Spak — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:09:36 CDT

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 Alan Tieger was forced...

Karadzic Refuses to Leave Cell for Trial

Jason Farago — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34:49 CDT

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...

Karadzic to Boycott Bosnia Genocide Trial

Jason Farago — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:49:00 CDT

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...