ICTY convicts former Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic; sentences him to 35 years скачать в хорошем качестве

ICTY convicts former Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic; sentences him to 35 years

(12 Jun 2007) 1. Wide of courtroom 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Presiding Judge Bakone Moloto: "The evidence shows that attacks were carried out in order to connect Serb villages and areas across non-Serb areas. During these attacks the crimes of murder, destruction, plunder, detention, torture and cruel treatment were committed against the non-Serb population. The evidence is clear that the Krajina and RSK (Republic of Serb Krajina) leadership including Milan Martic endorsed Slobodan Milosevic's vision to create a Serb dominated state." 3. Cutaway of judges 4.SOUNDBITE: (English) Presiding Judge Bakone Moloto: "This trial chamber, having considered all of the evidence and the arguments of the parties, and based upon the factual and legal findings as determined in this judgement, finds you, Milan Martic, not guilty of count 2, extermination, a crime against humanity. The trial chamber finds you, Milan Martic, guilty, pursuant to article 7-1 of the statute of the following counts: count 1, persecutions, a crime against humanity; count 3, murder, a crime against humanity; count 4, murder, a violation of the laws of customs of war; count 5, imprisonment, a crime against humanity; count 6, torture, a crime against humanity; count 7, inhumane acts, a crime against humanity; count 8, torture a violation of the laws of customs of war." 5. Cutaway of judges 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Presiding Judge Bakone Moloto: "The trial chamber sentences you to a single sentence of 35 years of imprisonment. Pursuant to rule 101C of the rules, you are entitled to credit for time spent in detention which as of the date of this judgement amounts to 1,855 days. You are also entitled to credit for such additional time you may serve pending the determination of any appeal." 7. Zoom out from judges leaving room 8. Mid of Milan Martic STORYLINE: The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted a wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs of murder, torture and persecution on Tuesday and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign of non-Serbs in Croatia. Judges said Milan Martic, 52, was responsible for hundreds of murders from 1991 when Serbs in the Krajina region of northeastern Croatia rebelled and set up a breakaway ministate until 1995 when Croatian forces recaptured the area. He also was convicted of ordering two days of indiscriminate cluster bomb shelling of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, in May 1995 that killed at least seven civilians and injured more than 200. Martic, who made no comment throughout the hearing, stood still and showed no emotion as Moloto read out the verdict and his sentence. The three-judge UN panel said Martic was deeply involved in a criminal plot with other Serb leaders including Slobodan Milosevic, General Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic to carve out an ethnically pure "greater Serbia" as Yugoslavia crumbled that would include about one third of Croatia. "The evidence is clear that the Krajina and RSK (Republic of Serb Krajina) leadership including Milan Martic endorsed Slobodan Milosevic's vision to create a Serb dominated state," said Moloto. Martic was indicted in July 1995, just two months after ordering the shelling of Zagreb. The two-day indiscriminate attack using rockets loaded with cluster bombs hit buildings including a school, a children's hospital and the Croatian national theatre, said Moloto. In media interviews, Martic admitted ordering the shelling to retaliate against Croatian attacks on Serbs and warn against further attacks, Moloto said. When they fled, Serbs moved into their homes, Moloto said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...