NETHERLANDS
Karadzic asks court to reject genocide case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has called for the dismissal of the U. N. genocide and crimes-against- humanity case against him because negative publicity means that he cannot get a fair trial.
In a three-page filing released Tuesday, Karadzic said any presumption of innocence “has been . . . reduced to a joke” by what he called “demonization in the media.”
Karadzic is due to make his second appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Friday he will be asked by Judge Iain Bonomy of Scotland to enter pleas to 11 charges. If convicted, he could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Karadzic was extradited to The Hague after his arrest in Serbia in July, ending his 13 years on the run.
