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WAR CRIMES SUSPECT KARADZIC
TRANSFERRED TO THE HAGUE
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, caught a week ago after more
than a decade on the run, arrived Wednesday in The Hague to be tried for
some of Europe's bloodiest atrocities since World War II.
"Radovan Karadzic was today transferred in to the Tribunal's custody, after
having been at large for more than 13 years," said the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in a statement.
"Karadzic, who was arrested in Serbia on 21 July 2008, has been admitted in
the UN Detention Unit in the Hague."
Karadzic, who faces a trial for genocide, war crimes and crimes against
humanity, arrived at Rotterdam airport about 25 kilometres (15 miles away)
shortly before 6:30 (0430 GMT).
He had arrived on a special flight from Belgrade, where he was arrested on
July 21.
A motorcade entered the gates of the UN detention unit in The Hague,
followed a short while later by two blue police helicopters, one of which
landed inside the prison grounds.
The plane touched down just before 6:30 am (0430 GMT).
Karadzic faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for his
leading role in the 43-month siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre,
during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.
Serbia's justice ministry confirmed it had authorised Karadzic's transfer to
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The
Hague "on the basis of Serbia's law on cooperation with the tribunal".
"The decision was preceded by the decision of the District Court in Belgrade
that all conditions have been met for the turnover of Radovan Karadzic to
the ICTY," it added in a statement.
"The ministry sent its decision to the authorised agencies for its further
execution."
Karadzic, 63, was arrested in Belgrade on July 21, after more than a decade
on the run disguised as a bearded, long haired alternative medicine guru who
specialised in "human quantum energy."
Karadzic had been fighting a legal battle against his transfer to the UN
tribunal in The Hague.
His entourage claimed he had sent an appeal against his transfer at the last
minute on Friday, but the Serbian war crimes court denied that it had
arrived on time.
According to the law, a three-judge panel of the court had three days upon
receiving the appeal to decide on its merits before the justice ministry
issued a final transfer order.
Dusan Ignjatovic, head of the Serbian government office for cooperation with
the UN tribunal, expressed doubts about the appeal, which Karadzic's brother
Luka has said was sent by regular mail.
The wartime Bosnian Serb leader has been indicted on playing a leading role
in the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Muslim
men and boys.
The 43-month siege of Sarajevo claimed more than 10,000 lives.
Karadzic vanished from public view in 1996, the year after the ICTY indicted
him for genocide and crimes against humanity. |
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NEWS
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SECURITY COUNCIL TO HOLD SESSION
President Branko Crvenkovski has convened Wednesday a session of the
Security Council.
The session is to focus on inspecting necessary preconditions for reform
implementation in the sphere of defense in compliance with NATO standards
and obstacles during the implementation process, President's cabinet said in
a press release.
Participants at the session, due to be held in the Defense Ministry, will
put emphasis on the participation of Macedonian troops in international
peacekeeping missions. |
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