THE HAGUE, Sept 25 (Hina) - The trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been suspended for the rest of the month because of the defendant's ill health, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
reported on Thursday. "The Milosevic trial next week, Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October 2003, has been cancelled due to the ill health of the accused," the U.N. tribunal said. It did not give details about his condition. The trial, which started in February 2002, has been suspended about a dozen times, and more than 70 hearing days have been lost. On Sept 23, chief prosecutor in the case Geoffrey Nice asked of the trial chamber to call a hearing to examine serious consequences of Milosevic's conditions and what they meant for the trial. Milosevic, who has suffered from high blood pressure, flu and fatigue since his trial opened, is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity
THE HAGUE, Sept 25 (Hina) - The trial of former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic has been suspended for the rest of the month
because of the defendant's ill health, the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia reported on Thursday.
"The Milosevic trial next week, Monday 29 September to Friday 3
October 2003, has been cancelled due to the ill health of the
accused," the U.N. tribunal said. It did not give details about his
condition.
The trial, which started in February 2002, has been suspended about
a dozen times, and more than 70 hearing days have been lost.
On Sept 23, chief prosecutor in the case Geoffrey Nice asked of the
trial chamber to call a hearing to examine serious consequences of
Milosevic's conditions and what they meant for the trial.
Milosevic, who has suffered from high blood pressure, flu and
fatigue since his trial opened, is charged with genocide, crimes
against humanity and war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo in the
1990s.