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| Ratko fit for trial |
| 2011-05-28 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A judge ruled yesterday that Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, the alleged criminal mastermind of the Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities, was fit to face international justice at a war crimes court. Court spokeswoman Maja Kovacevic said the transfer conditions had been met. Gen Mladic's legal team says he is in poor health and that they will appeal on Monday. They have requested that he be admitted to hospital over concerns about his health. Gen Mladic, tossed in the slammer on Thursday after 16 years on the run, faces genocide charges over the 1992-95 Bosnian war. He was indicted in 1995 over the killings about 7,500 Bosnian Mohammedan men and boys that July at Srebrenica -- the worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II -- and other crimes. Judge Kovacevic told news hounds outside the court that Gen Mladic's health was good enough for him to stand trial. |
| Posted by:Fred |