26 minutes agoCroatia frustrated with ICTY ruling following Slobodan Praljak's suicide in courtroom
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Croatia has expressed its frustration today over a decision by the UN war crimes tribunal (ICTY), linking an ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war with the Croatian wartime leader, which provoked a suicide in the courtroom. Former Bosnian Croat military leader Slobodan Praljak, accused of war crimes, was [...]
Former Bosnian Croat military leader Slobodan Praljak, charged with war crimes, was self-inflicted yesterday in the courtroom, seconds after The Hague judges confirmed the decision to sentence him to 20 years in prison.
He was sentenced along with five other local leaders in connection with a terrorist campaign against Muslim Bosnia and Herzegovina in Western Bosnia, which the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said was planned and carried out in co-operation with Croatian leaders of time.
Films in the courtroom show accused Pralyak, who calls out in a loud voice that he was not a criminal and then an act of self - poisoning.
Croatian conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic described Praljak's suicide as “an act of deep moral injustice” and that the UN court's”ved was unacceptable”.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar -Kitarovic refused to attend the leadership summit in Iceland, while parliament suspended the next session after the events at The Hague tribunal.
Also, Croatian media criticised I The ICTY over the decision made after more than two decades of investigation.
This is a sad ending. The Hague tribunal has failed in everything unlike the expected”, according to the Croatian daily “24 sata”
The key was turned into a political instrument that, along with its legal standards, has greatly contributed to the creation of sick societies in the region and the removal of normal persons”, according to a comment in the above-mentioned newspaper.
