Karadzic gets life in prison for genocide, war crimes

<p>BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – A UN tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday sentenced former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and violating the laws and customs of war.<br> <br> In 2016 Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity relating to the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. He then filed an appeal seeking an acquittal or retrial.<br> <br> Following the closure of the former Yugoslav tribunal in 2017, the Council of Appeal of the International Criminal Courts Mechanism took over the ongoing cases.<br> <br> The council on Wednesday announced the decision for Karadzic's appeal, which had been going on for some three years.<br> <br> The council sentenced Karadzic, 73, for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, as well as the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.</p> <p>The council also confirmed that Karadzic had knowledge of murders committed in July 1995 following the fall of Srebrenica.</p>