Live on World TV: Ratko Mladic and Fifa investigation.
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Friday, 5 May 2011
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UPDATE: Ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has been declared fit to be extradited from Serbia to face trial in The Hague. Gen Mladic's legal team say he is in poor health and that they will appeal on Monday. They have requested that he be admitted to hospital over concerns about his health.
Do you think Mr. Mladic's health should be taken into consideration in relation to this trial? We hope you'll get in touch.
ORIGINAL POST:
Our first glimpse of Ratko Mladic following his arrest were TV pictures of him shuffling into court in Belgrade, apparently stooping and somewhat withered.
According to the BBC's John Simpson - who met him while covering the Bosnian war - he looked like an 'old, old broken man'.
Doctors are now assessing his physical and psychological condition as part of the extradition proceedings.
This is some of what his lawyer, Milos Saljic, says ...
The investigative judge tried to interrogate Ratko Mladic but he failed because he (Mladic) is in a difficult psychological and physical condition. It is difficult to establish any kind of communication with him.
If he's unable to communicate, and therefore to testify, is it possible to get any sort of satisfactory justice from proceedings against Ratko Mladic?
Or do you agree with smiling_suze, who tweets
Why on earth should it make any difference how old / ill Mladic is?! Sometimes human rights just goes too far! This man has to pay regardless of health!
Perhaps you think his physical state is symbolic of the fact that the authorities failed to catch up with him for 16 years.
Proceedings at the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague were never completed against former Serb President Slobodan Milosevic because he dropped dead in his cell - more than 4 years after his arrest.
Richard Dicker from Human Rights Watch assesses it like this ...
"From any prosecutor's perspective, the passage of time is not a good thing. Witnesses die. Witnesses disappear. Memories fade. And in those ways the passage of time makes the prosecutor's burden heavier ... But in this instance, the office of the prosecutor at the Yugoslav tribunal undoubtedly made a tenacious effort to nail down everything that it felt it would need for an eventual trial."
Is it too late for justice in the case of Ratko Mladic?
Why is anybody objecting to Mladic鈥檚 trial when there is the rule of law?. Has he forgotten nemesis was waiting for him when he was enjoying killing other people ? Send him to Hague . Edegbo. Nigeria.
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He should answer for his actions, if he is man enough. Amal, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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Wars are fought throughout our history. Victors are always glorified and no one talks about their war crimes. Had Serbia won the way before nato intervened, all the serbian war criminals would have not been brought to trial.
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Let him face d trial. Afinnih. Lagos Nigeria.
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Mladic shuld go to Hague in order to clear what the Dutch un soldiers did during the killing.tks zareen.switzerland.
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He did the deed,then hasten him to THE HAGUE with speed Graham A Renmark South Australia
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Consperecy mladic was kicked out by the relitve you guy r owsom s ghairat melbourne
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16:25
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Germany had to apologize for Hitler. So why shouldn't Serbia for Mladic?
Genocide is genocide no matter where it occurs! @大象传媒_WHYS
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@大象传媒_WHYS #whys why are you talking about EU entry? #Mladic was the leader nonetheless of an army which engaged in genocide
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We need to show that people who engage in ethnic cleansing will eventually have to answer for their actions no matter how long it takes to catch them. Jo, NZ.
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The world is trying to bring all these war crimals to court irrespective of religion and region. Good work! Bintu, Nigeria
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Why did Serbia wait 16 years to hand him in? Reinhard, Egypt
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16:22
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@bbc_whys Ratko Mladic must be tried plain and simple. He killed human lives. Period.
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@RosAtkins whats the deal? why are you still allowing barbara to talk? she is enraging offensive @大象传媒_WHYS #whys
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@大象传媒_WHYS #whys Mladic needs to be brought to justice no matter if the international media pays attention or not- why barbara give a voice?
Live on World TV: Ratko Mladic and Fifa investigation.
| Friday, 5 May 2011 | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT
UPDATE: Ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has been declared fit to be extradited from Serbia to face trial in The Hague. Gen Mladic's legal team say he is in poor health and that they will appeal on Monday. They have requested that he be admitted to hospital over concerns about his health.
Do you think Mr. Mladic's health should be taken into consideration in relation to this trial? We hope you'll get in touch.
ORIGINAL POST:
Our first glimpse of Ratko Mladic following his arrest were TV pictures of him shuffling into court in Belgrade, apparently stooping and somewhat withered.
According to the BBC's John Simpson - who met him while covering the Bosnian war - he looked like an 'old, old broken man'.
Doctors are now assessing his physical and psychological condition as part of the extradition proceedings.
This is some of what his lawyer, Milos Saljic, says ...
The investigative judge tried to interrogate Ratko Mladic but he failed because he (Mladic) is in a difficult psychological and physical condition. It is difficult to establish any kind of communication with him.
If he's unable to communicate, and therefore to testify, is it possible to get any sort of satisfactory justice from proceedings against Ratko Mladic?
Or do you agree with smiling_suze, who tweets
Why on earth should it make any difference how old / ill Mladic is?! Sometimes human rights just goes too far! This man has to pay regardless of health!
Perhaps you think his physical state is symbolic of the fact that the authorities failed to catch up with him for 16 years.
Proceedings at the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague were never completed against former Serb President Slobodan Milosevic because he dropped dead in his cell - more than 4 years after his arrest.
Richard Dicker from Human Rights Watch assesses it like this ...
"From any prosecutor's perspective, the passage of time is not a good thing. Witnesses die. Witnesses disappear. Memories fade. And in those ways the passage of time makes the prosecutor's burden heavier ... But in this instance, the office of the prosecutor at the Yugoslav tribunal undoubtedly made a tenacious effort to nail down everything that it felt it would need for an eventual trial."
Is it too late for justice in the case of Ratko Mladic?
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Why is anybody objecting to Mladic鈥檚 trial when there is the rule of law?. Has he forgotten nemesis was waiting for him when he was enjoying killing other people ? Send him to Hague . Edegbo. Nigeria.
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He should answer for his actions, if he is man enough. Amal, Kaduna, Nigeria.
Comment sent via SMS
Wars are fought throughout our history. Victors are always glorified and no one talks about their war crimes. Had Serbia won the way before nato intervened, all the serbian war criminals would have not been brought to trial.
Comment sent via SMS
Let him face d trial. Afinnih. Lagos Nigeria.
Comment sent via SMS
Mladic shuld go to Hague in order to clear what the Dutch un soldiers did during the killing.tks zareen.switzerland.
Comment sent via SMS
He did the deed,then hasten him to THE HAGUE with speed Graham A Renmark South Australia
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Consperecy mladic was kicked out by the relitve you guy r owsom s ghairat melbourne
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
Germany had to apologize for Hitler. So why shouldn't Serbia for Mladic? Genocide is genocide no matter where it occurs! @大象传媒_WHYS
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@大象传媒_WHYS #whys why are you talking about EU entry? #Mladic was the leader nonetheless of an army which engaged in genocide
Comment sent via SMS
We need to show that people who engage in ethnic cleansing will eventually have to answer for their actions no matter how long it takes to catch them. Jo, NZ.
Comment sent via SMS
The world is trying to bring all these war crimals to court irrespective of religion and region. Good work! Bintu, Nigeria
Comment sent via SMS
Why did Serbia wait 16 years to hand him in? Reinhard, Egypt
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@bbc_whys Ratko Mladic must be tried plain and simple. He killed human lives. Period.
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@RosAtkins whats the deal? why are you still allowing barbara to talk? she is enraging offensive @大象传媒_WHYS #whys
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@大象传媒_WHYS #whys Mladic needs to be brought to justice no matter if the international media pays attention or not- why barbara give a voice?