Submitting. He was responsible for the massacre of men, women and children at the Srebrenica genocide and helped prosecute the siege of Sarajevo with its remorseless attacks on civilians.
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict in The Hague in 2016 picture: AFP/Getty Images We should take pride in the fact that, from UK support to secure his arrest, to the prison cell he now faces, Britain has supported the 30 year pursuit of justice for these heinous crimes.
Karadzic was convicted in March 2016 over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as the political mastermind behind Serb crimes in the 1992-95 Bosnian war, a conflict which claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people and displaced 2.2 million others.
Updated: May 12, 2021, 6:16 pm
Radovan Karadzic will serve the rest of his sentence for war crimes in a British jail (Stephens/PA)
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The notorious Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is to serve the rest of his sentence for war crimes in a British jail, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has announced.
Karadzic, 75, will be transferred to a UK prison from the UN detention centre in the Netherlands, where he has been held following his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic to spend life in UK prison
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Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic to spend life in UK prison
AP / Updated: May 12, 2021, 21:22 IST
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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, sentenced to life for war crimes and genocide, will serve his sentence in a UK prison. AP Photo
LONDON: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, sentenced to life for war crimes and genocide, will serve his sentence in a UK prison, the British government said Wednesday. Karadzic, one of the chief architects of the slaughter and devastation of Bosnia s 1992-95 war, was convicted by a United Nations court in 2016 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes - for atrocities including the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb troops at Srebrenica. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, later increased to life by appeals judges at the court in The Hague.
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Crowds at the peaceful protest outside Dewsbury Town Hall on Tuesday evening
The event was organised by the local branch of Friends of Al Aqsa, a UK based NGO working towards bringing peace to the holy lands, following an attack at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on the holiest night of the Islamic calendar.
Violence has continued to escalate in the area over the past few days.
A range of speakers urged local councillors, Dewsbury MP Mark Eastwood, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and the UK Government to take action to resolve the unrest.
The rally was attended by the Mayor of Kirklees Coun Mumtaz Hussain, Coun Aafaq Butt, Coun Mussarat Pervaiz and Coun Fazila Loonat.