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Hague Court Denies Mladic Plea To Postpone Trial

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic in a courtroom in The Hague

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May 04, 2012

The United Nations war crimes tribunal at The Hague has denied a request to delay the trial of ex-Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic, who is accused of genocide against non-Serbs in the Bosnian conflict of 1992-95.

Judges ruled on May 4 that the trial will start as previously scheduled on May 16.

Mladic's lawyer had asked for a 90-day delay, saying the defense needed more time to study material submitted by prosecutors and arguing that the material had been provided too late.

The three-judge panel did not immediately elaborate on why the request was denied.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has charged Mladic with 11 counts of genocide and war crimes, including over the 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim males at Srebrenica.

Based on reporting by ITAR-TASS and dpa

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by: berlinwall from: germany

May 04, 2012 12:59

this court is a ludicrous,one-sided,biased charade! no relevance for the future of all the nations, the game's gonna be over as soon the evil empire [EUSSR and US] has fallen. and next yugoslavia is definately going to emerge again when people start realizing what this war really was about and who sponsored it exactly on which purpose... freedom to the peoples of the balkans and elsewhere! peace

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by: KT from: Speyer

May 07, 2012 17:34

Let the butcher rot in jail and then burn in hell! I hope he doesn't take the cowardly route like Slobo did and kill himself, he needs to suffer as long as possible.