Ratco Mladic Arrested And Set To Stand Trial For War Crimes

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Ndege iliyomleta Mladic kwenye uwanja wa Rotterdam May 31, 2011.

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Mladic spending night in isolation at UN prison
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By MIKE CORDER and DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was placed in a U.N. detention unit Tuesday to await trial on genocide charges, 16 years after he was indicted in the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the worst massacre of civilians in Europe since World War II.

War crimes tribunal spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic said tribunal staff were handing Mladic his indictment and explaining the rules and procedures to him before placing him in an isolation cell for the night. She said isolation is standard for new arrivals at the prison.

Mladic also was being given a list of defense lawyers who could help him through the initial proceedings of the war crimes court. He would be examined by a doctor and receive any treatment he may need before the end of the day, Jelacic said.

It was unclear when Mladic will appear in court for an initial appearance, but it must be within a few days. The chief prosecutor and top tribunal official scheduled a news conference for noon (1000GMT) Wednesday.

When he appears in court Mladic will be asked to formally confirm his identity and enter a plea to each of the charges against him. He also will be asked whether he has any complaints about the arrangements in the prison.

Like his old ally and political boss Radovan Karadzic three years ago, Mladic may decline to plead to the charges at his first appearance, instead opting to delay a formal response by up to a month. Karadzic's trial, which resumed Tuesday after a two-month recess, is still in its early stages.

Mladic has said he does not recognize the authority of the U.N. tribunal.

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Mladic seen by doctor after arriving in The Hague


AFP – Dutch special forces stand guard at the Scheveningen prison in The Hague, where Bosnian Serb ex-army …

THE HAGUE (AFP) – Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic spent his first night behind bars at a UN prison in The Hague where he was examined by a doctor, the court due to try him for war crimes said Wednesday.

"He did have a medical examination according to the procedures," said Nerma Jelacic, spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, before which Mladic was expected to make his first appearance later this week.

Asked about the ex-general's first night behind bars, Jelacic said: "I won't be making any statements about his personal wellbeing." Jelacic said she was not aware whether the former general saw a lawyer after his arrival in The Hague on Tuesday evening, adding "he has actually just arrived, he is yet to choose his lawyer."

Mladic will be given the opportunity to choose a legal representative from the ICTY's list of accredited lawyers, she added.

Jelacic could not confirm reports that Mladic was to make an initial appearance before a three-judge bench on Friday.

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Ratko Mladic 'co-operating' with war crimes tribunal at the Hague

Former Bosnian Serb general facing genocide charges needs no urgent medical attention, say court officials
Robert Booth in the Hague
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 1 June 2011 14.56 BST

Ratko Mladic would get a fair trial, said Serge Brammertz, the prosecutor of the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Photograph: Reuters

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general facing trial for genocide and ethnic cleansing during the war in Bosnia, is being "very co-operative" with the international war crimes tribunal and requires no urgent medical attention, court officials have said.

A doctor and nurse examined Mladic, 69, at a jail near the Hague after his extradition from Serbia on Tuesday night and decided he needed no immediate care beyond the standard medical examination for inmates, according to John Hocking, registrar of the UN international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

The absence of any pressing medical issues will boost hopes among the families of victims of the Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities with which Mladic is charged that the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army will stand trial rather than claim he is too ill.

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Ratco Mladic akaangwa rasmi. Adai ni mahututi

Mladic Tells Court He Is 'A Gravely Ill Man'

Gerard Tubb, Sky News correspondent, in The Hague
3 June 2011

Ratko Mladic is in the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague facing charges of genocide.

After almost 16 years on the run and with the world watching on, the former army general was driven to the United Nations court from its detention centre in nearby Scheveningen, where he is being held in isolation.

The suspect, charged with orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian war, was asked to confirm his identity as the hearing opened.

He then told the court "i'm a gravely ill man".

Mladic will later be invited to enter pleas to the charges against him.

With concerns about his health, court-appointed defence lawyer Aleksandar Aleksic has said he met his client in a hospital room set aside for Hague defendants before his first court appearance.

Mr Aleksic said the health of 69-year-old Mladic, who is now the tribunal's biggest case, had deteriorated because of long years of neglect while a fugitive from justice.

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