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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jovana Gec

Serbia's president criticizes UN court for not releasing war criminal Mladic to die at home

Obit Mladic - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday accused a war crimes U.N. court in The Hague of “uncivilized behavior” for refusing to grant an early release for the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died Thursday at the age of 84 while serving a life sentence for his crimes.

Mladic’s family and the Serbian government had requested several times that Mladic be released, citing his age and ailing health. He died a week after the U.N. rejected his latest request for release on humanitarian grounds.

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