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Karadzic due for plea hearing at Hague tribunal
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being asked for a second time on Friday to enter a plea at a UN tribunal for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:11 August 29, 2008
- Karadzic was arrested in July in Belgrade, where he lived in disguise.
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
The Hague: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being asked for a second time on Friday to enter a plea at a UN tribunal for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Karadzic refused to enter a plea at his first hearing a month ago and instead challenged the court's legitimacy.
In his latest submission, Karadzic called the tribunal a "bastardized judicial system", saying it was biased towards finding him guilty.
The charges against Karadzic include genocide over the 43-month siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica.
Karadzic was arrested in July in Belgrade, where he lived in disguise.
If Karadzic does not enter a plea, a not guilty plea will be entered on his behalf, according to the rules of the International Criminal Tribunal.
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