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Milosevic Found Dead in His Cell at Hague

By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Sat Mar 11, 2006 at 12:52:31 PM EST
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Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been found dead in the detention centre at The Hague tribunal. An investigation has been ordered, but authorities do not believe it was suicide. He had heart problems, and while his lawyers had asked for him to be transferred to Russia to obtain treatment, that request was denied.

Mr Milosevic faced charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged central role in the wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo during the 1990s. He also faced genocide charges over the 1992-95 Bosnia war, in which 100,000 people died.

His lawyer comments in this article.

In the last six months he'd also developed pains inside his head, which were linked to a problem with his ears. We had applied to have him released for a period of time so that he could receive medical treatment at a hospital in Moscow and we were awaiting a decision from the judges of the appeals chamber in relation to that application.

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    Re: Milosevic Found Dead in His Cell at Hague (none / 0) (#1)
    by roxtar on Sat Mar 11, 2006 at 01:43:04 PM EST
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