[A-List] Treatment Denied: Milosevic dies in capitivity

["tony black" <tal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\290-1103.htm


Macedonian Information Agency
March 11, 2006


SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC DIES IN JAIL - UN TRIBUNAL


-Two cardiologists treating Milosevic in The Hague had
warned he was at risk of a potentially life
threatening condition known as a hypertensive
emergency, when surges in blood pressure can damage
the heart, kidneys and central nervous system.
Last month, the tribunal rejected a request by
Milosevic to travel to Russia for specialist medical
treatment....
-Milosevic, who was overthrown in 2000 and sent to The
Hague in June 2001, said last month his health was
worsening.


Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has died,
the UN tribunal said on Saturday, just months before
his war crimes trial was expected to conclude.

"Milosevic was found lifeless on his bed in his cell
at the United Nations detention unit," the tribunal
said in a statement.

"The guard immediately alerted the detention unit
officer in command and the medical officer. The latter
confirmed that Slobodan Milosevic was dead."

The tribunal said the Dutch police and a Dutch coroner
were called in and started an inquiry. A full autopsy
and toxicological examination have been ordered.
Milosevic's family has been informed, it added.

The tribunal did not say how Milosevic had died.
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told
Reuters Milosevic had died of natural causes.

Milosevic, 64, suffered a heart condition and high
blood pressure which had repeatedly interrupted his
trial in The Hague....

Two cardiologists treating Milosevic in The Hague had
warned he was at risk of a potentially life
threatening condition known as a hypertensive
emergency, when surges in blood pressure can damage
the heart, kidneys and central nervous system.

Last month, the tribunal rejected a request by
Milosevic to travel to Russia for specialist medical
treatment, noting that his trial - that has already
lasted four years - was in the final stages and he
might not return to complete it.
....
Milosevic, who was overthrown in 2000 and sent to The
Hague in June 2001, said last month his health was
worsening.

Milosevic's brother lives in Russia and prosecutors
suspect his wife and son do too. The prosecution had
opposed his release despite a promise by Russia to
return him....

The former Serb [president] was defending himself and
had refused to cooperate with court-appointed lawyers
who are on standby to fill in for him when he is ill.

He had used up more than four-fifths of the 150 days
allotted for his defense, suggesting the case could be
wrapped up in the next few months barring any new
delays. Judges would then need several months to
deliberate before a verdict.
....


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