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Convicted War Criminal Ratko Mladic Dies at 84 in Prison

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military leader convicted for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died at age 84 while serving a life sentence. His death has drawn mixed reactions from survivors, regional officials, and international media regarding accountability and historical memory.

29 Aug, 04:00 — 29 Aug, 17:31
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The GuardianMostly Factual19h ago

‘The butcher may be gone, but to many he is a hero’: victims condemn glorification of Mladić

Architect of Srebrenica genocide is dead but those scarred by his atrocities say his ideology is still shockingly pervasive To most of the world, he was and will always be the “Butcher of Bosnia”, a grim epithet but one that still fails to fully convey the evil and horror inflicted on its people by Gen Ratko Mladić, who died in prison on Thursday. As commander of the Bosnian Serb forces, Mladić was responsible for the killing of an estimated 100,000 men, women and children during the savage b...

By Kim Willsher

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NPRHigh11h ago

Srebrenica survivor Ahmed Hrustanovic reflects on Ratko Mladic's death

Ahmed Hrustanovic reflects on Ratko Mladic's death with NPR's Scott Simon. All of Hrustanovic's adult male relatives died in the Srebrenica Massacre engineered by Mladic.

By Scott Simon

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Al JazeeraMostly Factual9h ago

Mladic died a happy man. He won

He fought for fascism to triumph. And it did.

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DWHigh5h ago

Ratko Mladic, the man behind Srebrenica massacre, dies at 84

For many, Ratko Mladic represented the horrors of the Bosnian war. He was convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre and other war crimes. On Thursday, he died in detention at The Hague.

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Traffic movement returns to normal on Dhaka-Chittagong highway  Dhaka Tribune

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