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Death of Ratko Mladic

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FIRST ENTRY AUG 27
SEP 05 · Day 10

EU official Marta Kos cancels Serbia trip over planned Mladic tribute

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Kos's explanation was "very short but stupid".

Ratko Mladic was convicted by a UN court in 2017.

Vucic said the government would provide logistical and transport support for the funeral and expected tens of thousands to attend.

SEP 04 · Day 9

Mladic's body arrives in Serbia with full military honours

Ratko Mladic received a full military guard upon arrival in Belgrade.

The body of Ratko Mladic arrived in Belgrade.

Ratko Mladic was serving a life sentence for leading the Srebrenica genocide and the Siege of Sarajevo.

SEP 03 · Day 8

Serbia welcomes return of war criminal Mladic's body with military honours

Vujic said Serbia's police and state security agency predicted tens of thousands of people could attend the service.

The Bosnian War killed more than 100,000 people and left over 1 million homeless before ending in 1995 in a United States-brokered peace agreement.

Ratko Mladic was a former Bosnian Serb army commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes.

AUG 29 · Day 3

Mladic legacy and Serbian nationalism

Over 100,000 people were killed in Bosnia during the war.

The magazine Buka and the youth group Kvart also demonstrated condemnation of Republika Srpska's official policy of genocide denial and genocidaire celebration.

Genocide denial is an official policy in Republika Srpska.

AUG 28 · Day 2

Ratko Mladic Dies and Is Honored in Serbia

Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs gathered to pay tribute to Ratko Mladic.

The 1992-1995 Bosnian war resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths and 2.2 million displaced people.

Ratko Mladic died in The Hague while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

“It is certain that General Mladic will receive all the military and state honours to which he is entitled, as far as the state is concerned,”
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AUG 28 · Day 2

Overview of the Life and War Crimes Trials of Ratko Mladic

The ICTY issued an international arrest warrant for Mladic and Radovan Karadzic in 1996.

Mladic was arrested on May 26, 2011, at his cousin's house in Lazarevo, northern Serbia.

Ratko Mladic died in prison in The Hague at the age of 84.

“The Secretary-General stands in solidarity with the victims, survivors and their families who suffered the crimes for which Mr Mladic was found guilty … [and] reiterates his call on all those in position of power to refrain from denying the seriousness of the crimes that have been adjudicated,”
AUG 27 · Day 1

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic dies

Ratko Mladic was serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ratko Mladic has died.

Ratko Mladic was a Bosnian Serb General.

AUG 27 · Day 1

Ratko Mladic, convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal, dies at 84

Mladić was dubbed the 'Butcher of Bosnia' for his actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Mladić never recognised the UN court.

Mladić's life sentence was upheld on appeal by the UN court in 2021.

AUG 27 · Day 1

Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic dies

Ratko Mladic died at the age of 84.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused the UN war crimes court of "uncivilised behaviour" for not allowing Mladic early release.

Ratko Mladic was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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