Former Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic has told a war crimes court in The Hague that he fought for his country and his people, not for himself, during the fall of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Former general Mladic appeared before the United Nations tribunal early Friday, for the first time since he was […]
Mladic Denies Charges of Genocide, Delays Plea
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Defiant Mladic Refuses to Offer a Plea to ‘Obnoxious’ Charges
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
The man known as the “Butcher of the Balkans”, Ratko Mladic, has made his first appearance before the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague, but refused to enter a plea to what he said are “obnoxious” charges of genocide, war crimes and mass murder. Widows and mothers of the victims of the Bosnian war […]
Mladic Refuses to Offer a Plea to ‘Obnoxious’ Charges
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic has made his first appearance before the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague, but refused to enter a plea to what he said are “obnoxious” charges of genocide against him. Mladic told the court’s three judges on Friday that he was defending “my people and my country” […]
Mladic Tells War Crimes Tribunal He Is ‘Gravely Ill’
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
After 16 years on the run, former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic has made his first appearance before the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague, telling judges he is “gravely ill” and calling the charges against him “obnoxious.” Mladic was once a burly, intimidating figure on the battlefield. But he appeared subdued in […]
Mladic Appears at War Crimes Trial
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
After 16 years on the run, Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic made his first appearance Friday before the U.N war crimes tribunal at The Hague to answer charges of genocide during the Bosnian war. Mladic was once a burly, intimidating figure on the battlefield. But now he is in frail health and his court-appointed […]
Mladic Set to Make First Appearance at War Crimes Tribunal
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
After 16 years on the run, Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic is set to make his first appearance Friday before the U.N war crimes tribunal at The Hague to answer charges of genocide during the Bosnian war. Mladic was once a burly, intimidating figure on the battlefield. But now he is in frail health […]
Mladic to Face War Crimes Charges in UN Court
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic will make his first appearance before a war crimes tribunal Friday, following his capture after 16 years on the run. The United Nations tribunal in The Hague will ask the former general to identify himself and enter a plea to 11 counts of the indictment for war crimes […]
Mladic in The Hague for War Crimes Trial
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has spent his first night in an isolation cell at The Hague, where he is awaiting trial on genocide charges. As a helicopter hovered overhead, a convoy of four black vehicles brought the 69-year-old Mladic to the prison on Tuesday. Mladic was arrested in Serbia last week after […]
Mladic in The Hague for War Crimes Trial
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has spent his first night in an isolation cell at The Hague, where he is awaiting trial on genocide charges. As a helicopter hovered overhead, a convoy of four black vehicles brought the 69-year-old Mladic to the prison on Tuesday. Mladic was arrested in Serbia last week after […]
