Radovan Karadzic, former president of Republika Srpska (RS) sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide in Srebrenica and other crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has been transferred to the medical unit of the prison in the United Kingdom (UK) where he is serving his sentence.
Legal representative Mladen Kesar confirmed that Karadzic had been transferred to the prison medical unit, where he received medical assistance.
“He called me today and told me that he was transferred there on Saturday,” Kesar said yesterday.
In March 2019, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) sentenced Karadzic to life imprisonment for the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, the persecution of Bosniaks and Croats across BiH, the terrorizing of Sarajevo’s population during the city’s siege, and the taking of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping personnel as hostages.
The first indictment against Karadzic was confirmed in July 1995. He was arrested in Serbia in July 2008, and his trial began in October 2009.
By the decision of the MICT, Karadzic has been serving his prison sentence in the UK since May 2021.
Karadzic had previously filed an objection to the MICT’s decision for him to serve his sentence in the UK, arguing that he could be a target of fatal attacks by other prisoners. However, the MICT rejected Karadzic’s objection at the time, Detektor writes.
