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Radovan Karadzic Gets Life As Hague Court Upholds Genocide Conviction

2:22pm March 20, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Judges in The Hague upheld the Bosnian Serb leader's conviction in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that claimed the lives of 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

Nura Mustafic, one of the Mothers of Srebrenica, wipes away tears as she reacts to the verdict handed down against former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, in The Hague on Wednesday. Mladic was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and

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Remembering The 'Monstrous' Legacy Of Ratko Mladic

4:46pm November 22, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Mladic's conviction "serves as a reminder of the evil one man can do with an army at his command," writes NPR's Tom Gjelten, who covered the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.

Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom in the Hague during the reading of his verdict at The International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia on Thursday.

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Two Decades After The War, A Genocide Conviction For Radovan Karadzic

7:26am March 25, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

A tribunal in The Hague has sentenced the former Bosnian Serb leader to 40 years in prison. NPR's Tom Gjelten, who covered the Bosnian war, explains the twists and turns in the case.

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Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict Thursday in The Hague.

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Former Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic Guilty Of Genocide, War Crimes

2:44pm March 24, 2016

U.N. judges found Karadzic was responsible for genocide in Srebrenica and nine other charges, including murder, terror and unlawful attacks on civilians during the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.