Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity for orchestrating the deaths of roughly 100,000 people during the 1990s Yugoslav wars, died in his prison cell on Thursday. His passing has not resolved the wound he tore open across the Balkans, but rather illuminated how differently nations still hold the memory of atrocity — some in grief, others in misplaced reverence. While Serbia announced a state military funeral with full honors, survivors and victims' advocates warn that the ideology which made Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo possible did n
Mladić's death fails to end Balkan divisions as victims warn his ideology persists
Approximately 100,000 killed including 8,000+ in Srebrenica genocide; 11,000+ during Sarajevo siege; 20,000-50,000 women and girls raped; 2.7 million displaced.