Karadzic bid for retrial rejected

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Sep 2, 2012
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic attempt for a retrial at a UN court has been rejected by judges, who stated the late disclosure of evidence from prosecutors would not prejudice his case.

Rejecting Karadzic’s request, Judge O-Gon Kwon at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said,
"there is no basis for the accused's renewed claim that the prosecution's disclosure violations ... have caused him prejudice."
67-year-old Karadzic faces 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity including over his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre which left over 7,000 Bosniak men and boys dead.

Earlier Karadzic’s call for dismissal of all charges was rejected with judges deciding that “genocidal intent… may be inferred” from the evidence.

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