Ratko Mladic’s Lawyer Files Appeal

The lawyer for 69-year-old former Serb General Ratko Mladic has filed an appeal against his detention—a move that will probably delay his extradition for at least a day. Mladic, whose men notoriously massacred nearly 8,000 Muslim boys and men in a bout of “ethnic cleansing” during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, is believed to have suffered at least two strokes, and his lawyer has asked for a full medical check-up. Serbia’s deputy war crimes prosecutor believes the ex-general is simply trying to delay his extradition to The Hague, where he will be put on trial for war crimes.