PhotoAt one point, Mr. Mladic disappeared from the court, apparently to receive treatment for a dangerous surge in blood pressure. In pronouncing the life sentence, the presiding judge, Alphons Orie, said that Mr. Mladic’s crimes “rank among the most heinous known to humankind.” Mr. Mladic’s lawyers said they would appeal. But if Mr. Mladic’s punishment drew a line of sorts — juridically at least — it was a halting and ambivalent marker between Europe’s epochs of uncertainty. (In The Hague on Wednesday, Judge Orie said Mr. Mladic had personally directed some of that deadly fire.) Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box.

Source: New York Times November 22, 2017 11:04 UTC