US Edition'Butcher of Bosnia' Requests Early Release
- Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb military chief known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia', requested early release on health grounds on Tuesday 2025-06-03 in The Hague.
- Mladic received life imprisonment in 2017 from the International Criminal Tribunal for genocide, war crimes, including the 1992-1995 Bosnian War atrocities such as the Srebrenica massacre.
- His lawyers filed the request citing his terminal illness, palliative care, and multiple recent life-threatening medical incidents leading to a life expectancy measured in months.
- The lawyer asserted that Mr. Mladic is nearing the final stages of his life, although the UN medical service has been cautious about providing a formal prognosis in writing.
- Granting release would allow Mladic medical options to improve quality of life and reduce detention costs, while raising questions about humanitarian treatment for aging war criminals.
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War criminal requests early release on health grounds. All previous requests by the 83-year-old military commander have been rejected.
The former military chief of Bosnia's services, convicted by the TPI for genocide and crimes against humanity, says to suffer from incurable disease and, as such, has only a few months of life.
He is sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide and war crimes, but he is also said to be terminally ill: the former Bosnian-Serbian army chief Mladic hopes for his early release. He does not have long to live, according to his lawyer. It is not his first attempt to get out.
Lawyers for former Republika Srpska army commander Ratko Mladić have filed a request with the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) in The Hague for early release on medical and humanitarian grounds. The prison's medical service has assessed that the 83-year-old Mladić is seriously ill and has only a few months to live.
Lawyers for former Republika Srpska army commander Ratko Mladić have submitted a request to the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) in The Hague for his early release on health and humanitarian grounds.
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