
Serbia Plans State Funeral for Convicted War Criminal Ratko Mladić
Serbia will hold a state funeral for former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić following his death in a Dutch prison, drawing sharp criticism from neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The decision has reignited tensions over the glorification of convicted war criminals and prompted calls for legal action against public displays honoring him.
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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 sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
By FRANCE 24
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Serbian general was behind 1995 massacre of 8,000 men and boys in Srebrenica
By Ivana Sekularac and Anthony Deutsch
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Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Serbian state officials and Mladic's family had appealed for his release due to his failing health, but those calls were rejected by the Hague tribunal.
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Crowds gathered in towns across Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska to mourn convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic after his death, with hundreds marching through Zvornik chanting his name.
By Azem Kurtic
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August the 28th, 2026 – Ratko Mladic, the butcher of Bosnia and one of the worst monsters of the 20th century is finally dead, but before the infamous Srebrenica massacre, there was Croatia’s Škabrnja. War criminal Ratko Mladić died yesterday without ever answering for the crimes committed in Škabrnja, even though documents and testimonies presented ... Read more The post Ratko Mladić Dead: Before Srebrenica there was Škabrnja appeared first on Total Croatia.
By Lauren Simmonds
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