Karadžić

American

[kuh-rah-jich, kahr-uh-] / kəˈrɑ dʒɪtʃ, ˈkɑr ə- /

noun

Radovan born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader, indicted as a war criminal 1995.

Karadžić British

/ ˈkærədzjɪtʃ /

noun

Radovan (ˈrædəvæn). born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader during the Bosnian war (1992–95); evaded capture until arrested in 2008; currently being tried on charges of genocide and war crimes by an international criminal tribunal at The Hague

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Mladić and Karadžić are now serving life sentences.

From Salon

They, too, initially evaded jurisdiction - Milošević initially remained in power, while Mladić and Karadžić went into hiding.

From Salon

Serbian police arrested Mladić and Karadžić about a decade later.

From Salon

When the war ended in 1995, Dodik positioned himself as a reformer and founded a moderate alternative to Karadžić’s extremist party.

From New York Times

Those convicted of the crimes in Srebrenica include the former Bosnian Serb president, Radovan Karadžić, and the former commander of the main staff of the Bosnian Serb army, Ratko Mladić, whose case is currently on appeal.

From The Guardian

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