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War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release
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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic's lawyers are seeking his release from jail in The Hague, citing his serious health condition and high risk of imminent death. Mladic, 84, has been in detention since 2011 and was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia