the real tragedy of srebrenica, the town itself, it wasn't that the world didn't act, srebrenica was declared a united nations safe area. u.n. peacekeepers went in and took away the heavier weapons that bosnian muslims in the surrounding town of srebrenica had and promised that the u.n. and nato would protect them, the bosnian muslims with less weaponry. they weren't protected. the town was overrun and 8,000 men and boys systematically executed. >> woodruff: nicholas burn, why does it matter that 20, again, almost a quarter century later, someone like radovan karadzic is held accountable? >> well, judy, the arc ofr moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. that's what martin luther king said. he obviously was right. justice has been done here. this was genocide against an entire people, against a muslim population, and it took 21 very painful, veryçó frustrating long years for justice to work. but it has. and so this war crimes tribunal is very important, as has been the war crimes tribunal in rwanda, where there was a genocide, as well. the year before. and we in positi

be killed, which the chamber finds amounts to the intent to destroy bosnian muslims in srebrenica as such your it -- as such. reporter: among the many victims were the father, mother, and a man whoother of survived because he worked as a translator for dutch u.n. peacekeepers. he was in court to hear the verdict. >> the genocide rulings for the prevention of any future genocide in the region, or the world. the best way to prevent future genocide, to do international justice and have this kind of ruling. reporter: for the paris become who lived their lives in the shadow of the crime, karadzic's -- for the bereaved, who lived their lives in the shadow of the crime, karadzic's sentenced to death in commensurate with the last. >> he has been awarded. i left all alone in this world. i'm speechless. could youadzic, please stand? reporter: 21 years after he was first indicted, radovan karadzic finally rose to face justice for the most egregious of crimes. >> guilty of the following counts. count 2, genocide. count 3, persecution, crime against humanity. extermination, a crime against humani

the second count was for the srebrenica massacre of over 7000 bosnian muslim men and boys, europe's worst war crime since world war ii. on this account, he was found guilty. accused was the sole person with the power to intervene to prevent the bosnian muslim men from being killed. yet far from intervening to prevent the killing from taking place at all, the accused himself ordered the bosnian muslim male detainees be transferred elsewhere to be killed. the chamber finds that the shared the extended common purpose of killing the bosnian muslim males of srebrenica and that he significantly contributed to it. catherine c.: the trial could not have taken place without the massacre could not have taken place without karadzic's support. he is the most senior official to be sentenced yet in the bosnian serb war. planned -- plans to appeal the convictions. catherine n.: let's bring in our guest, bosnia's foreign former -- former foreign minister, joining us live from new york city. can i ask for your reaction to today's verdict against radovan karadzic and the knowledge he is likely to spend 40

was convicted of 10 of 11 charges, including one count of genocide, stemming from a role in the 1995 srebrenica massacre. the conviction comes 21 years after karadzic was indicted >>> the u.s. government is accusing the iranian government for an attack that led to millions. seven men have been charged with knocking websites offside. be longing to banks, institutions and a new york state dam. >> for years nation states and affiliates enjoyed what they appeared to be a cloak of anonymity, a cloak they hid behind to break our laws. they had a cloak of anonymity because they fought we couldn't figure out who did it, and if we could, we wouldn't say it. >> the hackings took place between 2011 and 2013. major businesses and gay rights groups are joining forces against laws they call antigay. the backlash is in response to moves by lawmakers in north carolina and georgia. >> paul beban reports. >> let's start in georgia, where there's a billion the governor's death called the free exercise protection act. it would allow faith based entities to refuse to provide services they say violate their beliefs

he was convicted on another for the srebrenica massacre in 1995 in which 8,000 men and boys were killed. he was also found guilty of crimes against humanitarian during the siege of sarajevo. the judge says he was responsible for murder, persecution and hostage that taking. also of holding thousands of irprisoner in detention camps. >> reporter: he showed no emotion as he was found guilty. the judge described how he was responsible for the siege of sarajevo where civilians were shot at by snipers and he was responsible for massacre and genocide. >> we found he had reason to know about these activities and he failed in his duty to take necessary and reasonable measures to punish the commission of genocide, murder, extermination and killings as an underlying act of the persecution. >> reporter: many of the victims' family had travelled from the hague. the more errors of the war still etched on the faces of those who survived it. >> translation: every time i see this picture it's not easy for me because the picture remind me of the crime made by the people lead by him who killed what they c

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karadzic was convicted of genocide for the 1995 srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 bosnian muslims were killed during a campaign to kill quote "every able-bodied male" in the town. he was also convicted of crimes associated with the four-year siege of sarajevo. on thursday, tribunal judge o-gon kwon read the verdict. judge kwon: can you please stand? for the reasons summarized during the hearing, the chamber, having heard all the evidence presented by the prosecution and guiltyense finds you not of count one, genocide. guilty of the following counts countnt two, genocide, three, persecution for crimes against humanity, crime four, extermination, a crime against humanity. crime five, murder, a crime against humanity. amy: the verdict from the international tribunal comes 21 years after karadzic was indicted, and eight years after he was arrested on a public bus after evading authorities for more than a decade. he was sentenced to 40 years in prison, with credit for eight years of time served. most convicted by the tribunal have served two-thirds of their sentences, meaning that it's poss

the charges stem from atrocities committed during the bosnian war in the early 1990, most notably the srebrenica massacre. nearly 7,000 bosnian muslim men and boys were executed by forces under karadzic's command. >> translator: the justice hasn't won. we should have had this trial finished before. we waited for it for too long. and many mothers are not alive to hear this verdict, although it's not really what we have expected. >> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon hailed the verdicts as a historic result for the people of the former yugoslavia. >>> u.s. president barack obama is returning to washington after ending his six-day latin america tour in argentina. his stop in buenos aires came on the anniversary of government sponsored killings there at the hands of a military junta supported by the u.s. back this the '70s and '80s. mr. obama visited a memorial park for the victims. obama, though, later con showed that the u.s. was slow to condemn the atrocity known then as the dirty war. >> the united states when it reflects on what happened here has to examine its own policies as well. and its own