The Hague: International Residual Mechanism rejects conditional release of Milan Martic
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague has rejected the request for early release of Milan Martic, this body has announced.
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The decision and explanation, contained in 20 densely typed pages, was signed by the president of the Mechanism, Graciela Gatti Santana.
She ordered this decision to be delivered as soon as possible to the authorities of Estonia, where Martic is serving his prison sentence, as well as to Serbia and the prosecutor.
Milan Martic (72) is a former police inspector, Serb politician and president of the Republic of Serb Krajina (RSK) in Croatia.
In 2007, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Martic to 35 years in prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Martic was Minister of Defense, Minister of Internal Affairs and President of the RSK (1994–1995). He was accused in 1995, and was in 2007 found guilty of persecution, murder, torture and wanton destruction of settlements.
The verdict covered attacks on Zagreb in May 1995. After fleeing Croatia in 1995, Martic surrendered and was transferred to The Hague in 2002, where he was convicted after a lengthy trial. Martic was born 1954 in Croatia.
(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)