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Hague tribunal rejects Karadzic claim
Published: July 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's claim he is immune from war
crimes prosecution doesn't hold water, an international tribunal says.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague,
Netherlands, Wednesday rejected Karadzic's claims an immunity deal he
allegedly made with former U.S. peace envoy Richard Holbrooke shielded him
from genocide prosecution, the BBC reported.
Holbrooke denies making any deals with Karadzic, reportedly calling his
claims "laughable" and "a lie," and the tribunal ruled that even if such a
promise was made it would not have legal legitimacy, the broadcaster
reported.
Karadzic, 64, is facing 11 charges, including genocide, leveled by the
tribunal. Prosecutors say he organized the massacre of innocent Bosnian
civilians at Srebrenica in 1995, among other alleged acts.
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