Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic in court prior to the pronouncement of his appeal judgement at the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal. Photo: Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERSRatko Mladic, the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for orchestrating genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 war, lost his final legal battle Tuesday when U.N. judges rejected his appeals and affirmed his life sentence. His former political chief, ex-Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, already is serving a life sentence after being convicted for the same crimes. Mayor Benjamina Karic called it “a day of justice” for Sarajevo, Bosnia and innocent victims of the war. Outside the court, another mother from Srebrenica, Munira Subasic had a message for young people in Serbia and the Serb part of Bosnia.

Source: Irish Independent June 09, 2021 01:30 UTC