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Timeline: Life of Ratko Mladic, general turned ‘Butcher of Bosnia’
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Timeline: Life of Ratko Mladic, general turned ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of orchestrating the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995, the first genocide on European soil since World War II, died in prison in The Hague at the age of 84. He was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed the gravity of these crimes following Mladic's death. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic criticized the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for not granting Mladic early release or access to medical care outside prison. Mladic, known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia,' was responsible for the deaths of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys during the siege of Srebrenica. His military career spanned decades, including roles in the Yugoslav National Army and leadership during the Bosnian Wars.

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Al Jazeera English logoAl Jazeera EnglishState / PublicCenter13 hr. ago
Timeline: Life of Ratko Mladic, general turned ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of orchestrating the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995, the first genocide on European soil since World War II, died in prison in The Hague at the age of 84. He was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed the gravity of these crimes following Mladic's death. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic criticized the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for not granting Mladic early release or access to medical care outside prison. Mladic, known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia,' was responsible for the deaths of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys during the siege of Srebrenica. His military career spanned decades, including roles in the Yugoslav National Army and leadership during the Bosnian Wars.

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