Mladic's Lawyers Seek Release Amid Health Crisis

0:00On May 2nd, lawyers for Rack Kohlmaladek, the 84-year-old war criminal known as the Butcher of Bosnia, just filed to get him out of prison. He's serving life for genocide from the 1990s Bosnian War, convicted nine years back by a UN Tribunal in the Hague. His teen says he's in serious decline after a stroke, with sudden loss of speech and trouble swallowing, landing him in emergency care. They won him provisionally released to Serbia for better treatment, calling his state irreversible and life-ending. Melada commanded Bosnian's serve forces during a war that killed around 100,000 people. He's infamous for the Shrebrenica massacre in July 1995, where about 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were slaughtered, the worst in. Europe since World War II, his son Darko shared details from a UN doctor back in mid-April, confirming the minor stroke. But groups for Bosnian war victims are pushing back hard, urging the court not to send him to Serbia. The Tribunal now weighs this heavy request amid strong opposition as Meladik's fate hangs in the balance.