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US and British agents assisting Mladic manhunt
Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic said Saturday that US and British intelligence agents are helping with the search for indicted UN war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The Serbian government holds that i (More) |
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War crimes fugitive Mladic was hiding in Serbia until last year: Serb official
A Serbian government official has told AP that war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] was hiding in Serbia until last year, but his current location remains unknown. Rasim Ljajic , Serbia's Minister of Hum (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor to ask Security Council for power to arrest Karadzic, Mladic
Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has said that she will ask the UN Security Council to grant the ICTY power to apprehend former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case bac (More) |
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US cuts off aid to Serbia over failure to arrest Mladic
The United States has again suspended $7 million government-to-government aid to Serbia for failing to turn over Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. This is the fourth year in a row that the US suspended (More) |
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EU foreign ministers press Serbia to hand over Mladic
European foreign ministers on Monday again promised progress toward admitting Serbia to the European Union if war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic is handed over promptly. The former Bosnian Serb general is wanted in connection with the 1995 slaughter (More) |
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Srebrenica suspects in court as Bosnia war crimes chamber begins first genocide trial
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina began hearing its first genocide case Tuesday with the opening of the trial of 11 Bosnian Serbs charged for their role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news ar (More) |
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Serbia launches renewed effort to arrest Mladic after EU suspends talks
Serbian police launched a full scale search on Sunday for Bosnian war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder, JURIST news archive] but were unable to arrest the former Bosnian Serb army commander wanted by the International Criminal Tr (More) |
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Serbia arrests 3 suspects accused of helping Mladic avoid capture
Serbian police on Thursday arrested three people suspected of helping war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] evade authorities seeking to arrest him and turn him over to the International Criminal Tribunal for (More) |
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EU calls off membership talks with Serbia after Mladic handover deadline passes
The European Union on Wednesday called off its talks with Serbia over the country's possible accession into the EU over Serbia's failure to arrest and turn over war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive (More) |
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EU deadline for Serbia to deliver Mladic passes with no arrest
A European Union-imposed deadline for Serbia to turn over war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] passed Sunday with no arrest of the former general. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said last week that (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
