Mladic's Lawyers Seek Release Amid Dying Claims

0:00On May 1st, lawyers for Rackko Maladek, the 84-year-old Bosnian Serve War criminal, are pushing a UN court in the Hague to release him from. Prison. They say he's on the brink of death after a serious stroke, and he's been serving a life sentence since 2017 for genocide in war. Crimes from the 1990s, Yugoslavia conflicts. That sentence got upheld on appeal in 2021. His teen file papers last Friday detailing how he's been bedbound or wheelchair bound for ages, and now he can barely speak. Two doctors call to stay critical with a high risk of dying soon, so they're asking for his quick transfer to a Serbian-speaking hospital, or hospice. They claim the prison's care is cruel and pointless at this stage. Maladek led forces in Bosnia that carried out ethnic cleansing, a long siege on Sarajevo killing over 10,000, and the Srebrenica massacre of. 8,000 men and boys. He hid for 16 years until getting nabbed in Serbia in 2011, then convicted after a trial

1:04starting in 2012. Victims groups from Bosnia are dead-set against letting him go, calling it just another legal ploy after failed bids in July and November of this. Year. Including one for a family memorial. As Justice Minister says, they're ready to guarantee his care if released. Meanwhile, the judge ordered an independent medical review, due Friday, to check his health, treatment options, and if prison care cuts it. Maladek's son says there's no big change and plans to visit soon, so the courts call could come any day now. World News. Powered by AI. This is Global News Today.