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Radovan Karadzic convicted of genocide

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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been convicted of genocide and war crimes during the 1992-95 war, and sentenced to 40 years in jail.

UN judges in The Hague found him guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Karadzic, 70, is the most senior political figure to face judgement over the violent collapse of Yugoslavia.

His case is being seen as one of the most important war crimes trials since World War Two.

He had denied the charges, saying that any atrocities committed were the actions of rogue individuals, not the forces under his command.

The trial, in which he represented himself, lasted eight years.

Many Bosnians have been following the trial closely

Some relatives of victims expressed disappointment at the outcome.
"This came too late," said Bida Smajlovic, whose husband was killed at Srebrenica.

"We were handed down a verdict in 1995. There is no sentence that could compensate for the horrors we went through or for the tears of only one mother, let alone thousands," she was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

Karadzic's lawyer said he would appeal, a process that could take several more years.
"Dr Karadzic is disappointed and astonished. He feels that he was convicted on inference instead of evidence and will appeal [against] the judgement," Peter Robinson told journalists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35893804

I wonder if Mladic will live long enough to be convicted as well, given he was in very poor health when he was captured. Either way, it's nice to see a bit of closure for the Balkans War. Hard to believe it was only 20 years or so ago.
 
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One hopes that Mladic gets a conviction, bad enough that Milošević managed to dodge some sort of justice.

I'm always quite shocked how vicious and brutal Bosnia was!
 
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