Live on World TV: Ratko Mladic and Fifa investigation.
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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?
@大象传媒_WHYS #why Blatter you have brought shame to the FIFA.
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both side should be trial,that is fair justice. adi nigeria
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Fifa must be destroyed and rebuild. Richard
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It seems like in recent history it's been 1 scandal after another involving FIFA. Shouldn't the buck stop at the top? @大象传媒_WHYS
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@大象传媒_WHYS Serbia does understand and has apologized. Remember, the people overthrew Milosovic, not NATO. Most people hated the war.
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@bbc_whys FIFA has always given the impression that it"s dirty. Surprise anyone?...really?
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@大象传媒_whys it's about time FIFA were looked at from top to bottom #whys
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Whoever commit a crime against humanity should not go unpunished. Miladic should be prosecuted for his crime at the world court. /Hassan, Lagos, Nigeria/
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@大象传媒_WHYS The lady has a point. The Croatian generals are also guilty and called heroes in croatia. In Belgrade, few think Mladic is hero.
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@大象传媒_WHYS Mladic is guilty. Serbia has apologized many times. Serb victims are waiting to hear from their killer. A war where many are bad.
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At his age and in his health, make him ride to the Hague on the back of a donkey. Mark .NZ
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True justice does not compromise itself. He should be tried forthwith.JohnPaul,Nigeria.
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Tim nz.if he was a nazi hel b dwn the river end of story
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The world needs to be unified in capturing & bringing to justice anyone who commits genocide. @大象传媒_WHYS
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Hundreds of thousands probably millions of civilians have been killed in Afganistan and Iraq. Who will hold US and Nato accountable? Hauge is merely a tool in the hands of people who themselve have not recognized it.
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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@大象传媒_WHYS #why Blatter you have brought shame to the FIFA.
Comment sent via SMS
both side should be trial,that is fair justice. adi nigeria
Comment sent via SMS
Fifa must be destroyed and rebuild. Richard
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
It seems like in recent history it's been 1 scandal after another involving FIFA. Shouldn't the buck stop at the top? @大象传媒_WHYS
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@大象传媒_WHYS Serbia does understand and has apologized. Remember, the people overthrew Milosovic, not NATO. Most people hated the war.
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@bbc_whys FIFA has always given the impression that it"s dirty. Surprise anyone?...really?
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@大象传媒_whys it's about time FIFA were looked at from top to bottom #whys
Comment sent via SMS
Whoever commit a crime against humanity should not go unpunished. Miladic should be prosecuted for his crime at the world court. /Hassan, Lagos, Nigeria/
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@大象传媒_WHYS The lady has a point. The Croatian generals are also guilty and called heroes in croatia. In Belgrade, few think Mladic is hero.
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
@大象传媒_WHYS Mladic is guilty. Serbia has apologized many times. Serb victims are waiting to hear from their killer. A war where many are bad.
Comment sent via SMS
At his age and in his health, make him ride to the Hague on the back of a donkey. Mark .NZ
Comment sent via SMS
True justice does not compromise itself. He should be tried forthwith.JohnPaul,Nigeria.
Comment sent via SMS
Tim nz.if he was a nazi hel b dwn the river end of story
Comment sent via unknown: 23057
The world needs to be unified in capturing & bringing to justice anyone who commits genocide. @大象传媒_WHYS
Comment sent via SMS
Hundreds of thousands probably millions of civilians have been killed in Afganistan and Iraq. Who will hold US and Nato accountable? Hauge is merely a tool in the hands of people who themselve have not recognized it.