This is the luxury Karadzic is looking for in The Hague

This is the luxury Karadzic is looking for in The Hague

Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic asked judges at The Hague tribunal to provide him with a laptop, saying that using a normal computer has caused him pain at his back. Radovan Karadzic appealed to judges in the International Court Mechanism in The Hague during a conference in his trial Monday [...]

Radovan Karadzic called on judges in the International Court Mechanism in The Hague during a conference in his trial Monday to allow him a laptop, claiming he has back pain by spending hours on a normal computer.

He also asked for access to the Internet and Skype, so that he could find materials for his work as well as communicate with his family.
Judge Theodor Meron said The Hague tribunal secretariat will soon address Karadzic's request.

Karadzic also said he felt he had been sentenced to death as a result of his isolation in prison.

Speaking of his health, Karadzic said he felt better and was satisfied with the treatment he was receiving from staff at the UN detention centre.

At previous status conferences, Karadzic had complained about his deteriorating health, which he said was caused by years he spent in his prison cell.
He has been in The Hague detention unit since his arrest in 2008.
In March of last year, The Hague tribunal sentenced Karadzic to 40 years in prison after convicting him of genocide in Srebrenica, persecution of Muslims and Croats throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, terrorisation of the Sarajevo population and kidnapping of UN peacekeepers.

However, he was acquitted of genocide charges in several Bosnian municipalities in 1992.
Both Karadzic and The Hague prosecution have appealed against the verdict, with the former Bosnian Serb political federation seeking to be acquitted of all charges and prosecutors demanding that his sentence be increased to life imprisonment.

 

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