(Damir Sagolj/Reuters)More than 20 years ago, beginning on July 11, 1995, about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serbs in the Srebrenica massacre. On Wednesday, the United States described apparent state-backed violence against Burma's Rohingya Muslims as “ethnic cleansing.” The persecution there follows ethnic cleansing campaigns in recent years, including the Islamic State's killing of Yazidis, an ancient minority sect, in Iraq. Meanwhile on Wednesday, former Bosnian Serb warlord Ratko Mladic was found guilty of genocide in Srebrenica and other crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. More than two decades after the massacre, the people of Srebrenica still seek justice for the killings — and watch similar scenes unfold elsewhere in the world. Read more:Russian veto of U.N. resolution on Srebrenica infuriates U.S., alliesRussian envoy: Evacuation deal reached for last rebel zones in Syria’s ravaged Aleppo

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2017 17:49 UTC