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Defiant Karadzic Demands More Time
In his first appearance at his own war crimes trial, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic demanded more time to prepare his defense, saying he could not join the trial until he had read some 1.3 million pages of court documents. After a week of boycotting, the accused war criminal attended a procedural hearing, where Judge O-Gon Kwon told the defendant that it was in his own interest not to block the trial. Kwon has indicated that he might impose a lawyer to represent Karadzic if the accused remains absent at the trial; Karadzic, in turn, said he will not accept another lawyer, that he wants to represent himself, and that he needs more time to prepare—despite having been indicted in 1995. Karadzic is on trial for two charges of genocide and nine further charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity; prosecutors have accused him of leading a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosnians between 1992 and 1995.
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From the article: "Mr Karadzic said he did not want to boycott proceedings but could not 'take part in something that has been bad from the start and where my fundamental rights have been violated'."
Enough is enough. He wasn't worried about the fundamental rights of the Bosnian people he executed. He's had plenty of time to prepare and could have had representation from the start. Drag him to court and appoint a lawyer; if he isn't ready now, he isn't planning on getting ready.
There are many war criminals at least as bad as him still running around free in that part of the world.
So, what? We should let him go just because there are others?
No. This is just a start.
The international community needs to see to it that Karadizic, his minions and everyone else guilty of genoside are prosecuted and punished.
Really who knows if he took part of this and if he did he deserves what ever punishment
Lots of people know. That's why there are millions of pages of evidence. This isn't just hearsay, there is hard evidence.
Click on the link and read the BBC articles you find there.
I don't care if he boycotts, stands on his head or refuses to eat his vegetables as long as he's rotting in jail.
Thank you.
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