Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic went face to face with the first witness in his genocide trial Tuesday, remaining combative as he heard testimony of Serb atrocities against Muslim civilians.
The UN war crimes tribunal has rejected former Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic's appeal for a delay in his trial for crimes against humanity, which will restart on April 13 after over a month-long interruption.
Radovan Karadzic has taken the stand at his warcrimes trial in The Hague. The former Bosnian Serb leader is defending himself for a second day against charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. His appearance comes after months of delays and prevarications.
As Radovan Karadzic begins to outline his defence at his trial in The Hague, residents of Srebrenica - the city where he allegedly caused the massacre of thousands of Bosnians - are trying to get on with their lives. Bosnians and Serbs there tend to live apart, but there is hope that the next generation could reconcile them.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has begun his defence at an international war crimes trial at The Hague, where he faces charges including genocide for his part in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Legal advisors to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic have gone on strike over unpaid fees, officials said Wednesday as Karadzic looked to appeal a UN court's decision to assign him a defence lawyer.
The UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has appointed a lawyer to represent former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, postponing his trial until March 2010.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic attended a status conference on his case Tuesday at The Hague’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, his first appearance since he announced a boycott of his trial.
Judges hearing the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic have temporarily adjourned the case. They must decide whether proceedings can continue despite Karadzic's boycott of the trial.
Radovan Karadzic, the "Balkans butcher", keeps on refusing attending his trial. There are now two options: wether the court decides to press ahead the trial without him or it assigns him a defense council.
