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The Bosnian armed forces reprimanded a soldier for saying that former Bosnian Serb military chief and war crimes defendant Ratko Mladic “fought against terrorism”.

The UN court in The Hague rejected a call from Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic’s defence to reconsider a previous decision to refuse to launch proceedings against medics at its detention unit.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Radomir Susnjar, accused of involvement in forcibly detaining and burning alive 57 Bosniaks in Visegrad in 1992, was extradited to Sarajevo to stand trial.

Former Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic’s request for contempt of court proceedings against medical staff at the UN Detention Unit, who he accuses of being responsible for his deteriorating health, was rejected.

Dragan Bursac, a columnist at Al Jazeera Balkans, is the winner of the European Press Prizes 2018 in the category of "Opinion", for his column "The Third Shooting of the Boy Petar from Konjic", it was announced on Wednesday in Budapest.

The column recalled the tragic fate of Petar, a seven-year-old Bosnian Serb boy who was killed in Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

Posters of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic have been put up at a municipality building in East Sarajevo, in what the mayor said was a gesture of support for the war crimes defendant.

The Hague Tribunal prosecution urged the UN court to reject Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s request to be released to Serbia to undergo medical treatment while his appeal against his conviction is being considered.

Former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic’s defence asked the UN court to annul the verdict sentencing him to life imprisonment for genocide and other crimes because his mental faculties are impaired.

The former military commander of Bosnian Serb forces, General Ratko Mladic, may die within the next few days, his lawyer Dragan Ivetic said on Thursday.

Serbian Justice Minister Kuburovic has visited Ratko Mladic in the detention unit in The Hague.

Kuburovic was in this town for the closing ceremony of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY).