The family of former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been given permission to visit him in The Hague where he's being held by the United Nations war crimes tribunal.
The former leader's daughter, Sonja Karadzic says it's vital they're with him.
“I cannot comment on whether this trial is going to be fair or not, I can only say to you that I hope it’s going to be fair.
“For now, the most important thing is for us to be able to see him and talk to him.”
Karadzic called home and spoke to her mother in Pale shortly after he arrived this morning at the UN war crimes jail in The Hague, she said, without elaborating further.
Karadzic's family was not allowed to visit him while he was detained for a week in Belgrade due to a travel ban that Bosnia's international administrator, Miroslav Lajcak, imposed on them in January.
Local police had seized their travel documents, since the family was believed to be part of support network that helped the war crimes suspect elude capture for nearly 13 years.
Despite the family's request, Lajcak refused to lift his travel ban until after Karadzic arrived in The Hague.
Although police returned the seized documents to Karadzic's family today, the family still won't be able to travel to Netherlands.