The bodies of the victims were dumped in mass graves. The massacre happened in July 1995 when Srebrenica, an enclave besieged by Bosnian Serb forces for three years, was overrun.
Media captionWhat happened at Srebrenica? Explained in under two minutes Press enter to return or tab to continue. Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. “Karadzic was in agreement with the plan of the killings,” Judge O-Gon Kwon said. He was found not guilty of the first, relating to killing in several Bosnian municipalities.īut he was found guilty of the second count relating to Srebrenica, where Bosnian Serb forces massacred more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys. He feels that he was convicted on inference instead of evidence and will appeal the judgement,” Peter Robinson told journalists. “Dr Karadzic is disappointed and astonished. Karadzic’s lawyer said he would appeal, a process that could take several more years. 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. “This came too late,” said Bida Smajlovic, whose husband was killed at Srebrenica. Meanwhile, some relatives of victims expressed disappointment at the outcome.
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Many Bosnians have been following the trial closely Karadzic verdict vital to Bosnia’s futureĮxploring the corridors of the Hague tribunal “It really hurts that somebody has decided to deliver this verdict in The Hague exactly today, on the day when Nato decided to bomb Serbia… to cause so much catastrophic damage and so many casualties,” Mr Dodik added. “The West has apportioned blame to the Serbian people and that guilty cliche was imposed on all the decision-makers, including in this case today… Karadzic,” he said at a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the start of Nato air strikes against Yugoslavia in 1999. The current president of the Bosnian Serb Republic, Milorad Dodik, condemned the verdict. The trial, in which he represented himself, lasted eight years. He had denied the charges, saying that any atrocities committed were the actions of rogue individuals, not the forces under his command. His case is being seen as one of the most important war crimes trials since World War Two. Karadzic, 70, is the most senior political figure to face judgement over the violent collapse of Yugoslavia. UN judges in The Hague found him guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The learned Bosnian Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic who invented the term ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ for the cold blooded massacre of 8,000 men and boys in and around Srebrenica in the summer of 1995, has been found “Criminally responsible” and guilty by International Court of Justice and sentenced to 40 years jail.īBC.com story: Radovan Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocideįormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been convicted of genocide and war crimes in the 1992-95 Bosnian war, and sentenced to 40 years in jail.
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