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The Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic, put on trial by a UN war crimes court over his role in the 1991-1995 war, has died. The Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadžić, put on trial by a UN war crimes court over his role in the 1991-1995 war, has died.
UN war crimes judges in The Hague had in April ordered an indefinite halt to the trial of Hadzic, 57, as he battled the advanced stages of terminal brain cancer. UN war crimes judges in The Hague had in April ordered an indefinite halt to the trial of Hadžić, 57, as he battled the advanced stages of terminal brain cancer.
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“After a severe illness Goran Hadzic died today,” said the state-run Tanjug news agency, quoting the regional hospital of Croatia’s Vojvodina province. “After a severe illness Goran Hadžić died today,” said the state-run Tanjug news agency, quoting the regional hospital of Croatia’s Vojvodina province.
His health “significantly deteriorated in last two months and he spent most of that time in the hospital where he died”, the agency said.His health “significantly deteriorated in last two months and he spent most of that time in the hospital where he died”, the agency said.
In May UN prosecutors called for Hadzic’s trial to be abandoned but no final decision had been made. In May UN prosecutors called for Hadžić’s trial to be abandoned but no final decision had been made.
Hadzic, the last fugitive arrested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), was charged with 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Hadžić, the last fugitive arrested by the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), was charged with 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The accusations included the murder of civilians taken from Vukovar hospital in 1991 in one of the conflict’s darkest episodes.The accusations included the murder of civilians taken from Vukovar hospital in 1991 in one of the conflict’s darkest episodes.
He was also charged with responsibility for the massacre of Croat civilians who were forced to walk into a minefield in the Croatian town of Lovas in October 1991 – one of the first crimes of the long, bloody conflict.He was also charged with responsibility for the massacre of Croat civilians who were forced to walk into a minefield in the Croatian town of Lovas in October 1991 – one of the first crimes of the long, bloody conflict.
Hadzic wanted to create a Serb-dominated state after the splintering of the former Yugoslavia in 1991 following the collapse of communism. Hadžić wanted to create a Serb-dominated state after the splintering of the former Yugoslavia in 1991 following the collapse of communism.
He was accused of “cleansing” non-Serbs from about a third of Croatia by using murder, unlawful jailings, beatings, deportations and forcible transfers.He was accused of “cleansing” non-Serbs from about a third of Croatia by using murder, unlawful jailings, beatings, deportations and forcible transfers.
His trial opened in October 2012 following his arrest in Serbia in 2011 after seven years on the run.His trial opened in October 2012 following his arrest in Serbia in 2011 after seven years on the run.
Hadzic, a one-time warehouseman who denied all the charges, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in November 2014. Hadžić, a former warehouse worker who denied all the charges, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in November 2014.
He was released provisionally six months later and allowed to return to northern Serbia for treatment. He had lived at his home in Novi Sad since then.He was released provisionally six months later and allowed to return to northern Serbia for treatment. He had lived at his home in Novi Sad since then.
The one-time leader of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina during the early 1990s, he was the last of the 161 suspects to be put on trial after being captured in northern Serbia’s idyllic Fruska Gora mountains. The one-time leader of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina during the early 1990s, he was the last of the 161 suspects to be put on trial after being captured in northern Serbia’s idyllic Fruška Gora mountains.
His capture came two months after that of the court’s most wanted fugitive, former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic. Mladic, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, is now the last defendant on trial before the ICTY. Judgment is expected in November 2017. His capture came two months after that of the court’s most wanted fugitive, the former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladić. Mladić, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, is the last defendant on trial before the ICTY. A judgment is expected in November 2017.
Investigators had tracked Hadzic down as he was trying to sell an early 20th-century painting by Italian master Amedeo Modigliani valued at several million dollars. Investigators had tracked Hadžić down as he was trying to sell an early 20th-century painting by the Italian master Amedeo Modigliani valued at several million dollars.
Triggered by Slovenian and Croatian declarations of independence from the socialist Yugoslav federation in the early 1990s, the bloody Balkan wars claimed around 130,000 lives and left millions of people homeless. Triggered by the Slovenian and Croatian declarations of independence from the socialist Yugoslav federation in the early 1990s, the Balkan wars claimed about 130,000 lives and left millions of people homeless.