Former 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, BBC informs.
Former 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, BBC informs.
Radovan Karadzic, 70 years old the former president of the breakaway Bosnian Serb Republic, was found guilty on 10 out of 11 charges, including genocide for the Srebrenica massacre. Karadzic faced two counts of genocide but was not found responsible for a campaign to drive Bosnian Muslims and Croats out of villages claimed by Serb forces.
According to The Independent, prosecutors accused Karadzic of being responsible as a political leader and commander-in-chief of Serb forces in Bosnia, which are accused of atrocities in war.
"The accused was the sole person within Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Republic) with the power to prevent the killing of the Bosnian Muslim males," said presiding judge O-Gon Kwok, in a reference to the 8,000 killed at Srebrenica.
However, many Serbs, both in Bosnia and Serbia, via Reuters, regard the court as a pro-Western instrument, say Karadzic is innocent and believe his conviction is an injustice for all Serbs.
