Darko Mladic: Mechanism has rejected request to provide medical treatment to the general in Serbia

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The Hague Mechanism has rejected the defense's request that General Ratko Mladic be released for treatment in Serbia due to his serious health condition, his son, Darko Mladic, said on Thursday.

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"For the umpteenth time, the Hague tribunal has shown that it does politics, not justice and law. Unfortunately, we were rejected," Darko Mladic said in a statement to the Srna agency.

According to him, Mechanism's reasoning is that Mladic has the best possible doctors who provide him with the best possible care, and these are the doctors who treated him for urinary tract infections when he had a stroke.

"These are the doctors who failed to detect a stroke, before he had another. The level of cynicism at the Hague tribunal has become incredible," said Darko Mladic.

General Ratko Mladic had a stroke on April 10 and his health condition further deteriorated since, as he suffers from serious neurological, cardiovascular and nephrological problems.

On May 2, he was transferred from the detention center to a civil hospital in The Hague because of a suspected stroke. Since the doctors did not confirm at the time that the general had suffered a stroke, he was returned to the detention hospital.

Since 2024, General Mladic has been in the detention hospital in The Hague, where he is receiving palliative care. The Mechanism has repeatedly rejected requests to temporarily release him for treatment in Serbia.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)