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Former Bosnian Serb minister of internal affairs and national police chief Mico Stanisic, second right, and former Bosnian Serb senior security official and police chief Stojan Zupljanin, second left, arrive in the courtroom prior to their judgment at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday March 27, 2013. UN judges deliver verdicts in the trial of two former Bosnian Serb police chiefs, both charged with crimes including persecution, extermination, murder, torture and deportation for their alleged roles in a criminal conspiracy led by Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic and his military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic to force Muslims and Croats out of what they considered to be Serb territory in Bosnia. Former Bosnian Serb minister of int
Former Bosnian Serb senior security official and police chief Stojan Zupljanin, right, welcomes his lawyer prior to his judgment in the courtroom of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday March 27, 2013. UN judges deliver verdicts in the trial of two former Bosnian Serb police chiefs, Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin, both charged with crimes including persecution, extermination, murder, torture and deportation for their alleged roles in a criminal conspiracy led by Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic and his military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic to force Muslims and Croats out of what they considered to be Serb territory in Bosnia. Former Bosnian Serb senior security
Former Bosnian Serb minister of internal affairs and national police chief Mico Stanisic enters the courtroom prior to his judgment at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday March 27, 2013. UN judges deliver verdicts in the trial of two former Bosnian Serb police chiefs, both charged with crimes including persecution, extermination, murder, torture and deportation for their alleged roles in a criminal conspiracy led by Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic and his military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic to force Muslims and Croats out of what they considered to be Serb territory in Bosnia. Former Bosnian Serb minister of int
A Bosnian Serb shows a T-shirt supporting Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (L) and Karadzic's former right-hand man, Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic at his street stand in Banja Luka, on October 14, 2009. Street salesmen, selling photos of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, as well as other extremist memorabilia are common sight in Bosnian Serb dominated cities countrywide as well as in neighboring Serbia. Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb wartime political leader is to stand trial, begining on October 26, before International Warcrimes Tribunal in the Hague. The Cyrilic text on shirt reads, top: 'Serb Heroes', bottom: 'Is It a Crime To Defend Serb People'. A Bosnian Serb shows a T-shirt supp
Protestors hold up posters of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, and photographs of the ex general (R) with wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (L), during an anti-government rally in front of the local parliament building on May 29, 2011, to protest the arrest of Mladic. Mladic is being detained by the local authority in a prison cell in Serbia's special court for war crimes building in the capital. Serbia announced Mladic's arrest on May 26, ending a 16-year manhunt for the general accused of masterminding the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst since World War II. Protestors hold up posters of forme
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is pictured before appearing in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague on March 3, 2009 facing a new version of his indictment for alleged war crimes. Karadzic refused to enter a plea on genocide charges at the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court, prompting the judges to enter an automatic not guilty plea on his behalf. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Bosnian Serb man shows a photo of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic he sells at his street stand in Banja Luka, on October 14, 2009. Street salesmen, selling photos of Radovan Karadzic and Karadzic's former right-hand man, Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, as well as other extremist memorabilia are common sight in Bosnian Serb dominated cities countrywide as well as in neighboring Serbia. Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb wartime political leader is to stand trial, begining on October 26, before International Warcrimes Tribunal in the Hague. Bosnian Serb man shows a photo of B
Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of genocide operations in Srebrenica in 1995, watch live broadcast of Hague Tribunal's indictment reading for Radovan Karadzic, in Sarajevo, on 31 July, 2008. Karadzic, considered to be the mastermind of Bosnian Serb campaign of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia 1992-95, makes his first appearance before Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, after he was arrested in Belgrade last week after 13 years of hiding. Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of
A Serbian ultra-nationalist protester waves a flag with a picture of Bosnian Serb wartime President Radovan Karadzic during a rally in Belgrade on July 29, 2008. Hard-line nationalists gathered to show their support for war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday, while Serbian authorities and his legal team played a cat-and-mouse game over his extradition. A Serbian ultra-nationalist protest
Pedestrians walk past posters supporting war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic in downtown Belgrade on July 29, 2008. Belgrade was bracing on July 29, 2008 for an ultra-nationalist protest rally in defiance of Radovan Karadzic's arrest and impending transfer to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The rally in the Serbian capital, where Karadzic is being detained, has been organized by the hardline Radical Party and backed by the party former nationalist prime minister Vojislav Kostunica, both sidelined after May 11 elections. (On the pro-Karadzic poster, there is a play with words, the first three letters mean 'Serb', the last two are 'In' - in Serbian it is pronounced 'Serbian'). Pedestrians walk past posters suppo
A Serbian ultra-nationalist protester holds a poster of Bosnian Serb wartime President Radovan Karadzic during a rally on July 29, 2008 in Belgrade. More than 10 thousand people gathered in central Belgrade on July 29 to protest against the transfer of Bosnian Serb ex- leader Radovan Karadzic to face war crime charges at a UN tribunal in The Hague. A Serbian ultra-nationalist protest
This undated picture shows Radovan Karadzic (L), alias healer Dragan Dabic, posing with Serbian 'bio energy expert' Mina Minic in an undisclosed place in Belgrade. War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic practised alternative medicine on Serb patients in Vienna during his years on the run, using yet another assumed identity, Austrian newspapers reported on July 25, 2008. An Austrian-Serb couple told the Kurier newspaper they had recognised pictures of the captured Karadzic as the healer who until just over a year ago had treated the wife to help her fall pregnant. This undated picture shows Radovan
A pedestrian walks past posters showing Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, in downtown Belgrade on July 30, 2008. Karadzic was in the custody of the UN war crimes court after being flown from Serbia during the night to face charges of genocide. UN prosecutors in The Hague hailed Serbia for detaining and transferring the so-called 'Butcher of Bosnia' whose trial will focus on the two most notorious events of Bosnia's 1992-1995 war, the 44-month siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre, in which thousands died. (On the pro-Karadzic poster, there is a play with words, the first three letters mean 'Serb', the last two are 'In' - in Serbian it is pronounced 'Serbian'). A pedestrian walks past posters sho
Pedestrians walk past posters of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic in downtown Belgrade on July 28, 2008. A police search of Karadzic's last hideout has uncovered military documents of his Bosnian Serb regime, Serbia's interior minister said in a report on July 28, 2008. The discovery was made in Karadzic's flat in the Serbian capital's inner district of New Belgrade on Thursday last week, three days after his arrest, Tanjug news agency cited the minister, Ivica Dacic, as saying. (On the pro-Karadzic poster, there is a play with words, the first three letters mean 'Serb', the last two are 'In' - in Serbian it is pronounced 'Serbian'). Pedestrians walk past posters of wa
A supporter of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic holds up a mask of Karadzic during a rally in Banja Luka on 26 July, 2008. Bosnian Serb wartime leader, Karadzic, 63, indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), was arrested on July 21, whist riding on a suburban bus in Belgrade. In Republika Srpska's administrative centre of Banja Luka, about 1,000 people took part in a procession to the local church, where Serb Democratic Party (SDS) appeals for prayers to be said for Karadzic's health were rebuffed. A supporter of Bosnian Serb war cri
Supporters of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic hold up a picture of Karadzic during a rally in Banja Luka on 26 July, 2008. Karadzic, who was captured in Belgrade earlier this week after 11 years in hiding, was found disguised as a doctor. Serb authorities said the 63-year-old Karadzic, who had been indicted for genocide during the Bosnia wars, was barely recognisable in his white long beard. Supporters of Bosnian Serb war crim
A supporter of Partizan Belgrade wears a t-shirt with a photo of Radovan Karadzic and the writing 'Serbian Hero', during a friendly soccer match between Partizan Belgrade and Olympic Lyon in Belgrade on July 23, 2008. Indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, was practicing medicine and living in Belgrade when he was arrested on genocide charges late July 21, 2008. The worst crimes on Karadzic's indictment for genocide and crimes against humanity are the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, in which more than 10,000 civilians were killed, and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. A supporter of Partizan Belgrade we
A plane carrying Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic is taken into a hanger after its arrival at Rotterdam airport in the Netherlands on July 30, 2008 where he faces a genocide trial. Karadzic, who was flown in from Belgrade, was transferred to the detention unit of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague to face trial for some of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. A plane carrying Bosnian Serb warti
A motorcade leaves Serbia's Special Court building carrying Bosnian Serb war leader Radovan Karadzic in Belgrade in the early morning on July 30, 2008. Serbia sent Bosnian Serb war leader Radovan Karadzic into UN custody after a night of clashes between police and his supporters in Belgrade, a security service source said. A motorcade leaves Serbia's Special
Two black vans suspected of transporting Bosnian Serb war leader Radovan Karadzic in one of them enter the prison gates in Scheveningen on July 30, 2008 after a plane carrying Karadzic arrived at nearby Rotterdam airport in the Netherlands. Karadzic, who was flown in from Belgrade, was reportedly transferred to the detention unit of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague to face trial for some of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. Two black vans suspected of transpo
Radovan Karadzic (L), Bosnian Serb warlord and leader of the Serb-run part of Bosnia during the 1992-1995 war, receives 15 June 1994 in Moscow for his poetry, the Mikhal Sholokhov literature award by Sergei Zhuravlev, president of Sholokhov committee.'Radovan Karadzic is a guardian of the Serb name, a cavalier in a slave and orthodox world who remains in the hearts of Serbs', his Yugoslav editor said in January 2002. Karadzic has been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague for war crimes and genocide committed during Bosnia's war. He remains at large, and is believed to be hiding in the Bosnian Serb entity, known officially as Republika Srpska (RS). Radovan Karadzic (L), Bosnian Serb
A Serbian nationalist displays photos of Bosnian war crimes fugitives, political leader Radovan Karadzic (L) and army commander General Ratko Mladic (R), during a final pre-election rally of presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic, acting leader of the ultranationalist Radical Party (SRS), in Belgrade, 15 January 2008. Serbs will vote in the next 20 January 2008 poll while the province of Kosovo is expected to declare independence. EU members fear that a premature declaration of independence by Kosovo would boost the chances of Serbia's ultra-nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic, who is running against the pro-EU outgoing President Boris Tadic. A Serbian nationalist displays phot
A Serb holds a photo of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic outside the US embassy during a protest against a UN plan for the future status of Kosovo that caused gridlock on the streets of Belgrade, 27 February 2007. The UN plan, drafted by Finnish envoy Martti Ahtisaari, offers Kosovo's separatist ethnic Albanian majority the trappings of statehood, which Belgrade fears will lead to the independence of the southern territory. A Serb holds a photo of Bosnian Ser
Serbian protestors wave Serbian flags and hold a picture of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic during an anti-Kosovo independence rally in Belgrade on February 21, 2008. More than 150,000 protestors rallied in Belgrade against Kosovo's independence, as violence flared on the tense Serbia-Kosovo border and more countries recognised the breakaway state. Chanting 'Kosovo is the heart of Serbia' in front of the old copper-domed Yugoslav parliament, the crowds had poured into the capital in convoys of trains, buses and cars from all over the Balkan country. Serbian protestors wave Serbian fla
A picture taken on July 22, 2008 shows a handout photo released during a press conference in Belgrade and showing top war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Top war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic worked in a medical clinic under a false name and had tried to conceal his identity with a white beard before his arrest, a Serbian minister said today.'Karadzic used false documents with the name Dragan Dabic,' Rasim Ljajic, the minister in charge of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), told a Belgrade press conference. A picture taken on July 22, 2008 sh
A woman walks past a graffiti reading “Freedom for Radovan Karadzic” in Belgrade on July 22, 2008. Serbia said Monday its security forces had captured Radovan Karadzic, the wartime Bosnian Serb leader accused of genocide, after nearly 13 years on the run from a UN war crimes court. A woman walks past a graffiti readi
Residents celebrate in the streets of Sarajevo early July 22, 2008 after hearing the news of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's arrest in Belgrade. Serbia said July 21 its security forces had captured Radovan Karadzic, the wartime Bosnian Serb leader accused of genocide, after nearly 13 years on the run from a UN war crimes court. Residents celebrate in the streets
A Serbian woman holds pictures of Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic (C) and Serbian ultranationalist leader Vojislav Seselj (R) during a protest against a UN proposal for Kosovo's future in front of the National Assembly building in Belgrade, 15 February 2007. Serbia's newly elected parliament voted late 14 February 2007 against a UN plan on the future of its breakaway province of Kosovo as a violation of the country's territorial integrity. UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari presented his plan to Belgrade and Pristina 02 February 2007, after almost a year of fruitless negotiations between the two sides. A Serbian woman holds pictures of B
A street vendor sells nationalist merchandise and posters with portraits of (L-R) former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic and Bosnian Serb wrtime commander Ratko Mladic, in the streets of the western Bosnian city of Banja Luka, 12 March, 2006. Slobodan Milosevic died 11 March in his prison cell in Hague where he stood on trial for warcrimes in former Yugoslavia, while Karadzic and Mladic still remain the two most wanted men by the Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague. A street vendor sells nationalist m
A supporter of Serbia's ultranationalist Radical party and Vojislav Seselj, Serb ultranationalist leader on a hunger strike at a UN war crimes tribunal, shows the traditional three fingers sign during a protest against the United States and the UN war crimes court in front the US embassy in Belgrade, 02 December 2006. The Radicals, Serbia's strongest party, have been campaigning for days for 'Seselj's rights in detention.' Seselj, the 52-year-old head of the Serbian Radical Party, is standing trial in The Hague on charges of persecution, torture and murder committed during the Balkan conflicts of the early 1990s. On the cardboard are shown pictures of Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Vojislav Seselj with the Cyrillic writing: 'God saves the Serbs' and 'Great Serbia'. A supporter of Serbia's ultranation