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...nothing more than a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless army coup in 2006 and now faces corruption charges. (Earlier in August, Thaksin fled to England, claiming he will not receive a fair trial back home.) Meanwhile, on Aug. 27th, a Thai court issued arrest warrants for nine PAD leaders, charging them with insurrection, a crime that can carry the death penalty. The court orders followed a confrontational move by the group, who besieged a government-run television station. And yet, despite the high stakes, the Government House protests continue with a celebratory...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before judges at the Yugoslav war crimes Tribunal and refused to plead to the 11 charges against him, just as he had four weeks ago in his first appearance at the Hague court...
...deeply convinced this court is representing itself falsely as a court of the international community, when it is in fact a court of NATO whose aim is to liquidate me," said Karadzic, dressed in a dark suit, red tie and reading glasses, and with a calm, confident and even humorous air. "I have stopped using a false name and I think all parties should do the same...
...Karadzic, who is representing himself, said he has doubts that his trial can go on at all given what he calls its "errors." Judge Iain Bonomy assured him his concerns - all filed to the court and made public - will be addressed. Friday, though, the judge was interested only in Karadzic's pleas. When Karadzic refused to enter them, Judge Bonomy - bound by the rules of the court - did it for him: not guilty on all 11 counts. "In other words," clarified Judge Bonomy, "your plea is one of not guilty to the indictment as a whole...
...from the New Age guru Dragan Dabic, the identity he had assumed before being arrested by Serbian authorities in a Belgrade suburb last month. He's already filed a number of complaints to judges, challenging everything from the way he was arrested to the language of the court documents he receives. He says there's no way he'll get a fair trial given the "lynch atmosphere" in the media. He wants his case dismissed. He's also asked judges to order former Balkans envoy Richard Holbrooke to The Hague to testify about an alleged deal he says the diplomat...