Posted on 07/10/2008 6:04:36 AM PDT by Abathar
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday the United Nations war crimes tribunal in the Hague was biased and its activities should be phased out as soon as possible. ADVERTISEMENT
Russia's Foreign Ministry said the case of Bosnian Muslim wartime commander Naser Oric, whose conviction was overturned by the court, showed the tribunal lacked impartiality.
"The tribunal's decision simply confirms the necessity for the immediate realization of the already approved strategy to phase out its activities," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Oric's conviction of failing to stop the murder of Serbs near the enclave of Srebrenica early in the 1992-95 conflict was overturned earlier this month.
He is considered a hero by many Bosnian Muslims for leading the defense of the enclave which was later overrun by Bosnian Serbs who killed 8,000 Muslims.
Oric was given a two-year prison sentence in 2006 on the charges of failing to prevent the killing of Serbs, though he was immediately released since he had been in custody since 2003.
When he was sentenced in 2006, Serbian politicians and media denounced the outcome as a mockery of justice, and proof that the Hague tribunal was biased against Serbia, an ally of
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I agree with Russia 100% this court needs to be eliminated, but not for the same reasons that they do.
I agree with Russia for all the reasons they give.
Well, the DU’ers would be upset about that.
Their most cherished dream is seeing Bush and Cheney there.
rarely do i agree with russia!
but they this one right.
now, let’s get rid of all meddling international orgs.
si.
I’d have happily paid a hundred dollars to watch the Spetznaz rescue Milosevic....
I’d have happily paid a hundred dollars to watch the Spetznaz rescue Milosevic....
Dittoes!
Well, DUH!!!
EVen the Rooskies get it.
It infuriates me that we are on the wrong side of the Balkan conflict. It infuriates me that I have to agree with Russia.
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