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Witness History: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic

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The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic

20/02/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic

The former Serbian President went on trial for war crimes in 2002. Hear from his lawyers.

In February 2002 the former Serbian President went on trial for war crimes committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.

In February 2002 the former Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, went on trial for war crimes committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. The man once known as the 'butcher of the Balkans'  would die in prison before the trial had concluded.  Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to two lawyers, Zdenko Tomanovic and Steven Kay QC, who worked on his defence.

Photo: Slobodan Milosevic in the courtroom at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, The Netherlands, February 2002. (PAUL VREEKER/AFP/Getty Images)

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