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On the 18th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, journalist Jamie Rubin says the parallel between conflicts in Syria and Bosnia “is really striking.” But Lord Ashdown says the idea is “simplistic.”
Lindsey Hilsum
Radovan Karadzic wants a Hague court to believe he is a man of peace. But what matters, says Lindsey Hilsum, is that the tribunal leaves us with a definitive version of what happened in the former Yugoslavia.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic begins his own defence at his war crimes tribunal in the Hague by saying he should be “rewarded” for seeking peace.
New video emerges apparently showing Syrian rebels executing unarmed government forces, while Bashar al-Assad blames foreign enemies for plotting to undermine the country’s stability.
Former US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz says the international community should have supported the Syrian opposition months ago and time has now run out.
As the regime seeks to regain control of Aleppo, Syria’s commercial hub, fighting also flares again in the capital Damascus where another massacre is alleged to have taken place.
The last major player from the Bosnian conflict took his seat in the Hague, making a throat-slitting motion to Munira Subasic, one of many spectators who have waited almost two decades for justice.
Solicitor Advocate Roger Sahota (photo below) was involved in the trial of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. He gives his opinion about why Ratko Mladic’s trial could last more than three years.
Matt Frei
Matt Frei reflects on the lessons of Bosnia as the bloody plight of Syria unfolds
After threatening to boycott his UN war crimes tribunal, the former Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, turns up – only to be removed from the courtroom after arguing with the judge.
Footage of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, with its echoes of Srebrenica, means the international community is more likely to act, a top lawyer tells Channel 4 News. But is prosecution possible?
“NATO appears to have run out of targets in Tripoli, but the Brother Leader is still here, playing chess with his friend Kirsan Illuyzhinov, the President of the World Chess Federation,a man who claims to have been briefly abducted by space aliens in 1997.”
“Today is not finally about Ratko Mladic at all – but those dignified women with their poster outside, who have lost so much.”
Appearing at The Hague for the first time, General Mladic dismisses the war crimes charges against him as “obnoxious” and claims “I just defended my people and my country”.
Ratko Mladic’s outbursts at the start of his trial give some clues as to his future line of defence. Channel 4 News compares his case to those of Slobodan Milosevic and Radovan Karadzic.