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Thousands attend Bosnian Serb war criminal's funeral in Belgrade despite EU warnings

Serbian ministers attended despite earlier assurances no serving officials would be present, with Mladić's coffin arriving draped in the national flag and his medals on display. The EU said any glorification of convicted war criminals "has no place in the EU or in EU candidate countries".

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Serbia faces EU scrutiny over upcoming funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic

The European Union says it is closely watching how Serbia, one of its candidates for membership, will handle the funeral of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of genocide by a U.N. court but remains a hero to many Serbs

The Independent UK

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, could not escape death. But his fascist ideas and ideology live on

When I testified against Mladić at his trial in The Hague, I saw the unrepentant face of a mass murderer. That face and his legacy still haunt Serbia today, says Ed Vulliamy, an author who reported on the Balkan war for the Guardian

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Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with 'state honours'

Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia" for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, will be given a funeral with “military and state honours”, Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic said Friday. Mladic died Thursday in The Hague where he was serving a life…

France 24

'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic Dies in Hague Custody: What His Genocide Conviction Did and Couldn't Resolve

Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre, died in UN custody. His death closes a chapter, but Bosnia's ethnic divisions and unresolved historical wounds persist.

International Business Times UK

Ratko Mladić obituary

Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica slaughter and other crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK

Serb war criminal Mladic, dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ dies aged 84

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief convicted of war crimes for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, died in hospital on Thursday, according to a United Nations international tribunal.

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Who was Ratko Mladic? The warlord convicted of genocide who boasted of being a ‘Serbian God’

Mladic was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia during the 1990s

The Independent UK

Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies aged 84

RATKO Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the worst massacre in Europe since the Second World War, has died in prison at age…

The National (Scotland)

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague

Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide

The Guardian - UK

Ratko Mladic, ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 83

Ratko Mladic, the "Butcher of Bosnia," has died while serving a life sentence. He was convicted for genocide and war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. Mladic oversaw the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst bloodshed since World War II. His military leadership was part of a brutal trio during the…

The Economic Times

This Week in History: Gunfire in US Congress, massacre in Srebrenica, and a Mafia murder in Sicily

Explore how major events between 20 and 26 May were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK

March for peace in memory of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide

Several thousand people gathered in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to take part in a peace march in memory of the victims of the genocide and the survivors who fled the town of Srebrenica in July 1995.

Euronews

Thousands embark on Bosnia peace march to remember Srebrenica victims

Over 6,500 people took part in a peace march to remember the victims of the Srebrenica genocide and the survivors who walked for days to save their lives.

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My Father’s Diaries review – haunting home-video excavates trauma of Srebrenica massacre

Ado Hasanović’s moving documentary transforms footage filmed during the Bosnian war into a devastating portrait of memory, survival and inherited grief

The Conversation

Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? International court will take years to decide, but states have a duty to act now

South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza, and requesting provisional measures. Human rights law scholar…

Al Jazeera

UN court denies Mladic, who led Bosnia’s Srebrenica genocide, early release

Ratko Mladic filed the request to be released on health grounds last month, saying he only had a few months to live.

The Conversation

Genocide’s legal limitations: what the Srebrenica massacre can teach us about Gaza

This July marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, which took place in a mountainous enclave in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the Serbian border.

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Al Jazeera

From Srebrenica to Gaza, why ‘never again’ keeps failing

Two experts talked to Al Jazeera about how the genocide in Gaza carries echoes of Srebrenica 30 years ago.

Al Jazeera

‘A true hell’: How three Srebrenica survivors defied death 30 years ago

Amid a genocide, they crawled through slush, trekked through forests, and dodged bullets and bombs, losing loved ones.

Al Jazeera

‘Just a few bones’: 30 years on, Srebrenica still buries its dead

Seven more victims of the 1995 genocide by Bosnian Serb forces were buried during Friday’s sombre 30-year anniversary.

Marie Claire

Why Duchess Sophie Left her Scarf at Heartbreaking Memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina While Delivering a Message from King Charles

The Duchess of Edinburgh marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide.

Euronews

'We forget quickly': Remembering Srebrenica 30 years on through the lens of Kristian Skeie

Photographer Kristian Skeie’s ongoing project documents life in the aftermath of the genocide in Srebrenica, capturing the quiet resilience of survivors and the enduring scars of Europe’s worst atrocity since WWII.

Euronews

Thousands gather to mark the 30th anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica

More than 8,000 Bosniak boys and men were executed by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995, towards the end of the Bosnian War, in what is the only recognised genocide in Europe since the Holocaust.

Radio France Internationale

Thirty years after genocide, Srebrenica has more graves than residents

Thirty years on from Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica is still marked by empty streets, rows of graves and families who have never stopped waiting. Home to 6,000 people before the war, it now has fewer than 800 residents, as many young…

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