Ratko Mladic sentenced to life imprisonment 18+ !!!

Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment by a first instance verdict.

Condemning the sentence of life imprisonment in the first-instance verdict of the former commander of the Main Staff of the Republika Srpska Army, Ratko Mladić, the presiding judge of the Hague Tribunal Judge Alphonso Orie, concluded that the crimes that Mladic was sentenced to be among the gravest crimes known to mankind.

Of the 11 counts of the indictment, the Chamber ruled that Ratko Mladic was not guilty of genocide in relation to the first count relating to six municipalities in BiH, but is for genocide in Srebrenica (second count of the indictment).

He was found guilty and convicted of five counts of indictment and crimes against humanity, which relates to: persecutions, extermination, murders, deportations, inhumane acts of displacement of the population.

Mladic was also found guilty of four more counts of the indictment - for violating the laws and customs of war, and in the context of terrorism, murder, unlawful attacks on civilians and hostage taking.

When assessing the sentence, the Trial Chamber took into account the gravity of the crimes committed. "The crimes committed are among the most horrible crimes known to mankind include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity," Judge Orie said immediately after the verdict.

The Trial Chamber did not acknowledge the Defense's request that Mladic, when elaborating a sentence, take into account most of the proposed mitigating circumstances. "The Chamber considers that most of the factors that the Defense alleges as mitigating circumstances have little or no weight," said Judge Orie.

The Ratko Mladic judgment was pronounced today at the Hague Tribunal after six and a half years of arrest.

He was escorting the verdict in the courtroom, but at one point he was distanced from the incident in which he was insulting the Trial Chamber, saying that he was a lie to what Judge Orie had read in the summary of the explanations.

Maldic was arrested on May 26, 2011 in Serbia, and transferred to the Hague Tribunal on May 31.

You could follow the course of pronouncement of the judgment on federalnaba.com

11:57 - The key significance of the accused when it comes to the JCE of taking hostages. The Accused had intended to achieve the goal and to seize members of the UN in order to prevent further NATO action. With his statements, he unquestionably proved that UN members were held hostage.

11:55 - Transitioning to a joint criminal enterprise when it comes to taking hostages of UN members at a time when NATO started hitting the Bosnian Serb military targets.

11:53 - Judge Orie also lists numerous statements by Ratko Mladic about the Bosnian Muslim brigade from Srebrenica and the statement of 'survival or disappearance'. The Panel found that the Accused had intended to eliminate Bosnian Muslims from and around Srebrenica. The only reasonable conclusion is that the Accused had that intention to achieve the goal of a joint criminal enterprise in the territory of Srebrenica.

11:48 - "Murders committed in Srebrenica, committed by members of the VRS, led by Mladic," said Orie. Speaking of the improvement of Krstic, from 11.07. to 11.10. the VRS forces issued several orders in connection with the operation in Srebrenica and around it, and since July 12th issued orders to the MUP leaders, the indictee gave important information on the conduct of the crime and did nothing to prevent them. The main perpetrators of the crime were members of the VRS or the MUP. The Accused guided and commanded both of them. The actions have contributed so much to the crimes that they would not be carried out in the same way without them. In other words, there is undoubtedly a joint crime in Srebrenica.

11:45 - Transition to the joint criminal enterprise in Srebrenica.

11:42 - Judges Orie says that by his actions he significantly contributed to the joint criminal enterprise in Sarajevo. "He personally led the shelling of Sarajevo on May 28, 1992," says Orie, adding that the indictee repeatedly ordered the bombing, and interrupted the supply of water and electricity. He also points out the campaign of sniping, which caused the activities of terror. He concludes that Mladic was a participant in a joint criminal enterprise in connection with Sarajevo.

11:39 - The Council now explains the joint criminal enterprise in relation to Sarajevo.

11:35 - Judge Orie continued reading the Council's conclusions. The young man is removed from the courtroom for shouting and cursing, and is placed in a room next to where he can safely follow the continuation of the verdict.

11:31 - The young man is out of the courtroom.

11:30 - The Chamber decided to continue reading the reasoning, because they do not consider that Mladic's health is currently endangered.

11:27 - The execution of the verdict was resumed. The judges were given the advice of the doctors, and that the young men were measured high pressure, and that the crisis of hypertension was disturbed by Mladic's health. The defense requested that the session be interrupted or that the verdict be pronounced without reading the explanation.

11:02 - There is still a pause in the courtroom, which is much longer than Judge Orie allowed.

10:45 - What the current course of pronouncing the verdict showed, as Judge Orie said, the Council was not convinced that there was no plan to commit genocide in six municipalities (Ključ, Kotor Varos, Sanski Most, Prijedor, Vlasenica, Foca ). It was concluded, however, that the targeted group, who was killed, was "a relatively small part of Bosniaks as a whole", which is why it was not concluded that the aim was to destroy the group of Bosniaks as a whole.

10:41 - Ratko Mladic requested a break that Judge Orie allowed.

10:39 - Judge Orie now reads the conclusions when it comes to the municipalities. From May 1992 to 1995, the Accused issued orders on the basis of which the VRS and its organs were formed, and participated in the VRS operations.

10:36 - "From 1992 to 1995, there was a joint criminal enterprise of the RS Army," Judge Orie said. The Council now lists each joint criminal enterprise in the indictment.

10:35 - Judge Orie has now moved to the count of the indictment of taking hostages of UN members.

10:34 - The panel found that acts of genocide, mass murder, persecution were committed against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica.

10:32 - Judge Orie now cites attempts to conceal mass murders in the days of September and October 1995.

10:30 - Men were detained, and later they were taken to the executions with men who fled on foot. Systematically, several thousand men and boys were killed in just a few days, from 12 to 17 July 1995.

10:24 - The Chamber goes to the point of considering genocide in Srebrenica. Judge Orie lists the details and conditions in Potocari on July 12, 1995, and about three meetings of representatives of the RS Army, UNPROFOR and Bosnian Muslims.

10:20 - Crossing the count of the indictment on Sarajevo. Judge Orie cites examples of the killing of civilians during everyday activities. Among other things, the details of the massacre at Markale in February 1994. "The intention of the Sarajevo-Romanesque Corps was to target civilians and to select the non-selective shelling of the city".

10:17 - Judge Orie lists the abominable details of rape.

10:16 - Judge Orie now reads the details of the indictment of persecution. The Chamber found that during the entire period during which the crimes were committed, the war in Bosnia was conducted. It was also found that in many municipalities, as mentioned in the indictment, a large number of civilians who fled or defended their homes were killed.

Orie recalled the killing of more than twenty civilians in 1992 in Sanski Most when forces from the VRS forced people to jump into the river and then shoot at them. He also reminded of the choking of 24 prisoners who died on the road in the truck for the Manjaca camp.

10:09 - Judge Alphons Orie began reading the indictment. "The Accused is charged with two counts of genocide and five counts of crimes against humanity. The Accused is also charged with four counts of violation of the laws and customs of war, which are violent acts whose main aim was to terrorize civilians, unlawful attacks on civilians, hostage, he is also charged with genocide ".

10:05 - In the courtroom of the Hague Tribunal, the pronouncement of the verdict for Ratko Mladic began.

09:50 - According to FTV reporter Antonija Avram, official confirmation that Ratko Mladic will attend the pronouncement of the verdict has arrived.

09:40 - World media awaiting verdict. With great interest in Ratko Mladic, The Guardian writes, whose journalist Julian Borger has made a great contribution in presenting 'Bosnian bloodthirsty' to the world public. According to the Guardian, legal experts claim that it is almost certain that Mladic will be charged with genocide and the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995, when more than seven thousand men and boys were killed.

Serge Brammertz, the chief prosecutor of the ICTY, told the Guardian in a statement that Mladic is an embodiment of evil for many.

"It is definitely the embodiment of evil for many, many survivors and victims, and this is precisely why this trial is so important, it gives a sense of justice to the people who are waiting for this moment for so many years," he said.

09:30 - "I have worked all the life in the interest of the Serbian people. I slept peacefully," Mladic says from prison before the pronouncement of the verdict. Although speculation has been made over the past few days whether Mladic will be able to attend the verdict due to his health condition, his lawyer, Branko Lukic, told RTS that Mladic will come to the Tribunal, because he adds that he wants to attend the pronouncement.

09:00 - There was a minor incident this morning in front of the Hague Tribunal building. See more HERE.

FTV reporters are reporting from The Hague, Srebrenica, Prjedor, Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Belgrade.

Mladic is charged with genocide, persecution, extermination, murders, deportations and forcible transfer and crimes against humanity.

- Two counts of genocide, and five counts of crimes against humanity, persecutions, extermination, murder, deportation, inhumane acts (forcible transfer). Four counts of violations of laws or customs of war, murder, terrorizing, unlawful attacks on civilians, taking hostages - the indictment alleges.

Also, the indictment alleges that Ratko Mladic bears individual criminal responsibility in accordance with Rule 7 (1) of the Statute on the above points, inter alia, through his involvement in several joint criminal enterprises. It is alleged that from May 12, 1992 to November 30, 1995, Mladic participated in joint criminal enterprise JCE, which aimed to permanently remove Bosniaks and Croats from areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina in which the Bosnian Serbs "claimed ".

It further states that from May 12, 1992 to November 1995, Mladic participated in another JCE, the initiative to launch and conduct a campaign of sniping and shelling of the civilian population of Sarajevo, whose aim was to spread terror among the civilian population.

In addition, the indictment alleges that starting from the days that preceded immediately on July 11, 1995, until November 1, 1995, Mladic participated in the JCE to eliminate Bosniaks in Srebrenica by killing men and boys, as well as forcible removal of women, children and a part of the elderly men from the area.

Finally, it is alleged that during May and June 1995, Mladic took part in the JCE taking hostages of the United Nations as hostages in order to force NATO to refrain from air strikes against Bosnian Serb military targets.

The young man is also charged on the basis of the criminal responsibility of the superior in accordance with Article 7 (3) of the Statute for the crimes specified in the indictment, inter alia, that he knew or had reason to know that the forces under his effective control were preparing to commit crimes or that have already committed, and has not taken measures to prevent the commission of crimes or to punish the perpetrators of these crimes.

The crimes alleged in the indictment include, inter alia, the killing of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats, including the leading members of those groups; for example, the killing of 144 people in Biljani (Kljuc municipality), the killing of more than 200 detainees in the Foca Correctional Facility, the killing of about 150 people in the Keraterm camp near Prijedor and the killing of a maximum of 140 prisoners in the Susica camp near Vlasenica.

Detaining thousands of Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats in detention facilities in living conditions designed to lead to their physical destruction. These facilities include the Manjaca camp (near Banja Luka), Omarska camps, Keraterm and Trnopolje (next to Prijedor), KP dom in Foca and Batkovic camp, next to Bijeljina.

Killing more than 7,000 men and boys of Bosniaks from Srebrenica through organized executions, including the killing of over 1,000 men in a large warehouse in the village of Kravica and executing 1,000 more men next to the school in Orahovac.

The wanton destruction of private property and public goods, including cultural monuments and sacred objects, such as numerous mosques across BiH, is also alleged in the indictment.

The killings that were part of the aim of spreading terror among the civilian population of Sarajevo by conducting a sniping and shelling campaign, from May 12, 1992 to November 1995, include the shelling of Markale Market on February 5, 1994, when 66 deaths , and injured more than 140 people.

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