波斯尼亚塞族的战时领导人卡拉季奇的战争罪审判星期二在海牙的国际刑事法院继续开庭。卡拉季奇连续第二天抵制法庭。他坚称需要更多的时间来准备为自己辩护。
法庭拒绝了他的要求。首席法官星期二说，如果卡拉季奇继续抵制的话，他将考虑任命一名律师来代表被告。
检察官指控卡拉季奇策划了1995年的斯雷布雷尼察大屠杀，杀害了八千穆斯林男子和男孩。这位64岁的被告面临11项反人类和种族灭绝罪的指控。塞尔维亚警察去年逮捕了卡拉季奇，之前他作为世界首要通缉犯之一逃亡躲藏了12年。
War crimes prosecutors have launched their long-awaited case against Radovan Karadzic, as the former Bosnian Serb wartime leader boycotted his trial Tuesday for a second straight day.Karadzic is conducting his own defense and is refusing to attend the trial in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the Hague, saying he needs more time to prepare his defense.
The tribunal has rejected those demands, and chief Judge O-Gon Kwon said Tuesday he will consider naming a lawyer to represent the defendant if he continues the boycott.
Prosecutors accuse Karadzic of orchestrating the 1995 massacre of up to eight thousand Muslim men and boys near Srebrenica. In all, the 64-year-old defendant faces 11 charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.Serbian police arrested Karadzic last year after he spent 12 years on the run as one of the world’s most wanted fugitives.