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No Ping Pong For Saddam But Table Foosball For Karadzic
July 25, 2008 1:17 PM
By Stephen Webb, ABC News London
Bosnian Serb ex-President Radovan Karadzic, currently under arrest for war crimes and genocide, will soon be moved to a detention unit at The Hague, where he will wait to be put on trial. What awaits this man, who was one of the world’s most wanted? The answer might surprise you: an en suite room with home-cooked food and a foosball table.
The International Criminal Court told Reuters that its detention facilities exceed international standards. They are on a par with college dorms, with shelves, a table and a television.
Karadzic, due to stand trial on charges relating to the massa cre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, will occupy a 15-meter-square cell.
When former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein awaited trial, he had a bed, chair, toilet and prayer rug, according to an account from one of Saddam’s guards in GQ Magazine. But while Karadzic can fill his hours with foosball, Saddam’s request for a pingpong table was turned down.
The International Criminal Court must follow the Rome Statute, which provides that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt and sets out the rights of those accused.
ABC News contacted the ICC but they weren't available for comment at this time.
Read more about Karadzic’s detention here
July 25, 2008 in Stephen Webb | Permalink | User Comments (8)
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Is there room for BUSH in this cell???
Posted by: Repubsout | Jul 25, 2008 8:58:30 PM
Yes, Bush is a criminal. Why is it that Americans don't see this?
Posted by: Juan | Jul 25, 2008 10:26:46 PM
There are a lot of us that do see that he is relatively a criminal...just not much we can do about it.
Posted by: Anon | Jul 26, 2008 7:18:31 AM
Why is this guy given such dignity? Why wasn't Saddam, taken to the Hague? Just wondering. The crimes of this guy wasn't small.
Posted by: Janeyre | Jul 26, 2008 10:50:50 PM
JANEYRE...You are right..But why is BUSH give any dignity..BUSH is worse than this guy and Saddam put together..But he is still walking around acting like King George..He belongs in an 8 by 10 foot cell all by himself with CHENEY in the cell next to him.
Posted by: Repubsout | Jul 27, 2008 3:35:28 AM
Im American and i don't like Bush either; however he will be gone in a few months...lets look ahead.
Posted by: jkanker | Jul 28, 2008 1:40:23 PM
karadic is an innocent man, george bush is a terrorist, and a wall criminal by all standards
Posted by: abena lydia | Aug 11, 2008 4:42:26 PM
madalyn albright is a common prostitute who paid the current president of KOSOVO to be sexing her, what a shame.
Posted by: ivy tetteh | Aug 11, 2008 4:46:45 PM
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