Press release

UK agrees to Radovan Karadžić prisoner transfer

The UK has agreed that Radovan Karadžić, convicted of the Srebrenica genocide, should be transferred to a UK prison to serve the rest of his sentence.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:

Radovan Karadžić is one of the few people to have been found guilty of genocide. He was responsible for the massacre of men, women and children at the Srebrenica genocide and helped prosecute the siege of Sarajevo with its remorseless attacks on civilians.

We should take pride in the fact that, from UK support to secure his arrest, to the prison cell he now faces, Britain has supported the 30 year pursuit of justice for these heinous crimes.

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Published 12 May 2021