Goran Hadžić
Politician
1958 –
Who is Goran Hadžić?
Goran Hadžić is a former president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina who was in office during the Croatian War of Independence. He is accused of crimes against humanity and of violation of the laws and customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
He was indicted on fourteen counts. The charges include criminal involvement in the "deportation or forcible transfer of tens of thousands of Croat and other non-Serb civilians" from Croatian territory between June 1991 and December 1993, including 20,000 from Vukovar; the forced labour of detainees; the "extermination or murder of hundreds of Croat and other non-Serb civilians" in ten Croatian towns and villages including Vukovar; and the "torture, beatings and killings of detainees", including 264 victims seized from Vukovar Hospital.
The Tribunal's last remaining fugitive, Hadžić was captured by Serbian authorities on 20 July 2011.
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- Born
- Sep 7, 1958
Vinkovci - Also known as
- Goran Hadzic
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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