Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic should be jailed for life over his role in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide said prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Friday.
In a final trial brief, prosecutors said,
"Under his command and oversight, Karadzic's subordinates and those cooperating with them expelled, killed, tortured and otherwise mistreated hundreds of thousands of Muslims and Croats.""Should the Chamber find Karadzic responsible for a substantial portion of the crimes ... life imprisonment is the only appropriate sentence."
Karadzic is facing trial for 11 counts, including genocide. He is accused of directing atrocities throughout the conflict, including the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, where up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys were executed by Serbian troops.
The former Bosnian Serb leader is also facing trial over the 44-month siege of the city of Sarajevo, which killed an estimated 10,000 people. The prosecution stated,
"They bombarded Sarajevo with shells and bullets, killing, maiming and terrorizing its civilian population for over three-and-a-half years... The scale and scope of these criminal campaigns is vast."
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