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Karadžić's lawyer in last-ditch appeal against extradition

Fri, Jul 25 2008 19:49 CET

bySpasena Baramova

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The lawyer for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić will file a last-minute appeal against his extradition to the Netherlands in a move that media reports claim is designed to win time, world news agencies reported.

Karadžić is to be brought to the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, to face accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1992/95 war in Bosnia.

He was arrested on July 21 2008 in Belgrade.

Svetozar Vujacic, the now captured fugitive's lawyer, announced he would file the appeal from a post office outside Belgrade five minutes before closing time (8pm local time/6pm GMT), website Balkan Insight reported.

"They will not be able to make a decision before July 28 because I will send the appeal on July 25," Vujacic told Agence France Presse.

Before his arrest, Karadžić spent 12 years in hiding. He masqueraded as Dragan Dabić, spending his days as an alleged doctor of alternative medicine.

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