Radovan Karadžić

Bosnia's political and ethnic divisions were on display once again after the ICTY convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and crimes against humanity and jaild him for 40 years on Thursday.

The Radicals (SRS), a party led by Vojislav Seselj, held a rally and a protest walk in downtown Belgrade late on Thursday.

The conviction of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic must not affect the fate of the Serb Republic (RS), Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Thursday.

He urged all political representatives of the Serb people in Bosnia-Herzegovina to fight for the Serb entity in Bosnia and their people.

Serbian Radical Party leader and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj led a rally against NATO and the guilty verdict handed down to former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic.

Bosniak war victims said the verdict convicting Radovan Karadzic of genocide and crimes against humanity wasn’t tough enough, while Serb veterans said it was unjust.

A UN court has sentenced Radovan Karadzic to 40 years in jail after finding the former Bosnian Serb leader guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and on nine other war crime charges.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N. judges who found him found guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, as well as on nine other war crimes charges. 

The Hague Tribunal has found Radovan Karadzic guilty and sentenced him to 40 years in prison in the first-instance verdict announced on Thursday.

The tribunal found the former president of the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia guilty of individual responsibility for crimes against humanity, and murders and violations of the laws and customs of war in seven municipalities.

The UN war crimes court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 40 years in prison.

The UN war crimes court in The Hague will deliver its most highly-anticipated verdict on Thursday in the case against former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity.