MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Former...
"I do not want to boycott these proceedings, but I cannot take part in something that has been bad from the start and where my fundamental rights have been violated," Karadzic told the International Criminal Tribunal judges during a special session.
The alleged Bosnian Serb war criminal had boycotted the trial since it started last Monday, arguing he needs at least 10 more months to prepare for the trial.
Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon said the court was unlikely to grant Karadzic more time to prepare, and Prosecutor Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff reiterated that if Karadzic continues his boycott, the court might appoint a defense attorney for him.
Karadzic, accused of war crimes and genocide dating from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, is defending himself at the trial.
Earlier on Tuesday, Serbian media quoted Karadzic"s legal representative Svetozar Vujacic as saying the former Bosnian Serb leader will go on hunger strike if the court does not allow him to defend himself.