前波黑领导人卡拉季奇被裁定犯有种族灭绝罪

AS IT IS 2016-03-25 Karadzic Gets 40 Years For Muslim Genocide 前波黑领导人卡拉季奇被裁定犯有种族灭绝罪

Radovan Karadzic -- the former Bosnian Serb leader -- was convicted Thursday of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Karadzic has been called the “Butcher of Bosnia.” He was found guilty for Serb atrocities¹ during the war in Bosnia from 1992-1995. About 100,000 people died in that war.

The U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) oversaw² the trial.

Criminally responsible

ITCY said the 70-year-old Karadzic was responsible for the crime of genocide in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre³. Serb forces killed 8,000 Muslim men and boys, in what has been called the worst atrocity⁴ in Europe since the Holocaust⁵.

Judge O-Gon Kwon said the Srebrenica massacre could not have happened without Karadzic’s support.

, Karadzic was found not guilty of genocide for driving Bosnian Muslims and Croats out of villages claimed by Serb forces.

Karadzic's was the most senior Bosnian Serb leader during the Bosnian War. He oversaw the Bosnian Serb army. The official commander of the army, former General Ratko Mladic, is also on trial for genocide in The Hague. 

Admitted 'moral responsibility'

In 2014, Karadzic only admitted to "moral responsibility" for his wartime actions.

In an 874-page written statement at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Karadzic said he was not aware at the time of the killing⁶ at Srebrenica. 

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atrocities –n. extreme, cruel and deadly acts against people

Holocaust –n. the killing of millions of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War II

1 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 oversaw   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去式 )

参考例句：

• He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统，安然引退。 来自互联网
• Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 atrocity   

n.残暴，暴行

参考例句：

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。

5 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。