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War criminal Ratko Mladić's jail release request denied
Key takeaways
- "There is no additional treatment available elsewhere that is unavailable in the Netherlands."
- Mladic, 84, was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95.
- In a written ruling on Thursday, Judge Gatti Santana admitted that "Mladić's current situation is dire."
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Jaroslav Lukiv AFP via Getty Images Ratko Mladić has been in detention since 2011 and lost his appeal 10 years later A UN court has denied a bid by convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić to be released from jail on the grounds he is near the end of his life.
While agreeing that he was "in the final stages of his life", Judge Graciela Gatti Santana said conditions at the UN prison and its hospital in The Hague "are of such high quality that Mladić comfort can be maximally ensured".
"There is no additional treatment available elsewhere that is unavailable in the Netherlands."
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