Karadzic lawyer 'files extradition appeal'

Radovan Karadzic’s lawyer has filed a last-minute appeal against his extradition to the UN war crimes court in the Netherlands, according to a report in Serbia today.

The Politika newspaper quotes Karadzic’s lawyer Svetozar Vujacic as saying he lodged the motion last night, in an apparent attempt to stall the handover of his client to the tribunal in The Hague.

Mr Vujacic told the newspaper he posted the appeal from a post office, but he declined to disclose whether he did it in Belgrade or elsewhere in Serbia so that the document “wouldn’t immediately be taken” to the court handling Karadzic’s extradition.

Mr Vujacic could not be reached for comment today.

Karadzic was captured in Belgrade on Monday. He is likely to be handed over to the UN tribunal next week.