Srebrenica

LOOK: Bosnia In The 90s

Posted 05.17.2012

On Thursday, a judge at The Hague indefinitely delayed the proceedings in the trial of former Bosnian-Serb general Ratko Mladic, due to 'errors' made ...

Mladic War Crimes Trial Suspended 'Indefinitely'

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The judge in Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial on Thursday indefinitely delayed the presentation of evidence due to "err...

Worst Massacre Since WWII Focus Of War Crimes Trial

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Prosecutors on Thursday were outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. ...

Satellite Photos Of Syria Fighting Reach The Web

iWatch News | Posted 04.05.2012

In 1995, U.S. spy satellites photographed telling moments in the massacre over four days of an estimated 7,800 Bosnians by Bosnian Serb forces near th...

PHOTOS: Bosnia Honors Srebrenica Massacre Victims WIth Mass Burial

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2011

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Over 40,000 people attended a funeral in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on Monday to mark the 16th anni...

Srebrenica Mother Experiences Relief, Anguish As Son's Bones Are Identified

AP | By AIDA CERKEZ | Posted 09.09.2011

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Three bones make Kada Hotic feel like a winner. It may not sound like much after nearly two decades of anguish, but to...

Srebrenica Massacre Victims Win Dutch Lawsuit

AP | By MIKE CORDER | Posted 09.04.2011

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Netherlands is liable for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men slain by Serbs during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, app...

General Mladic Faces Justice, However Late

Eric Margolis | Posted 08.06.2011

Eric Margolis

Justice delayed is justice denied. Accused Serb war criminal Gen. Ratko Mladic killed at least five times more civilians than Osama bin Laden was accused of doing, yet at times no one seemed in any hurry to find the "Butcher of Sarajevo."

Bosnian Muslim Recalls Daring Escape From Mladic's Massacre

AP | By AIDA CERKEZ | Posted 08.03.2011

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The hardest part was the ants. They crawled over his arms and legs, over his face and into his mouth, hour by hour a...

Of Butchers And Boycotts: The Mladic Arrest Seen From Nazareth And The Netherlands

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 07.28.2011

Stephen Schwartz

By coincidence, I was thinking about Serbia when I received word of the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the notorious leader of the Serbian extremist forces that devastated Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Mladic Joining Who's Who Of Accuesed Mass Murders In The Hague

Reuters | By Ivana Sekularac and Aaron Gray-Block | Posted 07.31.2011

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - When Ratko Mladic, nicknamed "the butcher of Bosnia," arrives at the international war crimes detention center in the Hague, h...

Inside The Raid That Nabbed Mladic

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 07.27.2011

BELGRADE, Serbia — The old man, hobbled by pain, couldn't coax himself to sleep. He got out of bed just before dawn, pulled on a blue baseball c...

Marcus Baram

Ratko Mladic's Life On The Run: How A War Criminal Spent 16 Years As A Fugitive

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.26.2011

Ratko Mladic's life on the run as one of the world's most wanted men was full of twists and turns -- even though he never really left home. The 69-...

Serbian War Crimes Suspect Reportedly Arrested

Posted 07.26.2011

(Reuters) - Serbia has arrested Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic who is wanted by an international court on genocide charges, a family fr...

Anti-War, But Supporting Obama on Libya

Tom Matzzie | Posted 05.28.2011

Tom Matzzie

Assuming a civil war is inevitable in Libya, stopping certain massacres and protecting civilians is the priority, even knowing that you have to figure the rest out later. This is the pro-peace argument for our intervention.

Ejup Ganic Case Distracts World From Real War Crimes

Diana Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Diana Jenkins

The politically motivated allegations against Dr. Ganic represent a broader campaign by ultra-nationalist groups within Serbia to excuse, explain and outright deny Bosnian genocide. It was for this reason I posted his $300,000 bail.

Lessons of Srebrenica: How the 15th Anniversary of Srebenica Can Guide Sri Lanka

Grace Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Grace Williams

Now is the moment when the history of Sri Lanka could change, but in Sri Lanka there are no voices to speak up for what is right, and no space in which the truth can be spoken.

Two Genocides and the Perpetrators Remain Free

John Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

John Heffernan

Srebrenica and Darfur. Both genocides, each carried out in very different ways and each orchestrated by notorious thugs who remain free.

Civil War or Genocide? Ask the Mothers of Srebrenica

Diana Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Diana Jenkins

Civil War or Aggression? Civil War or Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide? What's the defining difference? How can I possibly answer that question witho...

Remembering Srebrenica & Our Responsibility to do More

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark V. Vlasic

Fifteen years ago today, thousands of Muslims were being slaughtered in Europe. Some were killed opportunistically, but most were killed in a full-sc...

UN Peacekeeping System Still A Work In Progress

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

UNITED NATIONS — Ten years ago, veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi oversaw a landmark report chronicling the U.N. peacekeeping's failures to preve...

The Long Arm of Justice

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark V. Vlasic

As Radovan Karadzic sits between two UN prison guards in an international tribunal, one must wonder, is the end of impunity finally coming to a close?

Serbia Condemns Srebrenica Massacre Of 8,000 Muslim Men And Boys

Times Online | David Charter | Posted 05.25.2011

Serbia was poised tonight to turn decisively towards a future in the European Union as its MPs debated a landmark declaration condemning the massacre ...

John Sheehan, US Ex-General, Apologizes For Dutch Gay Comments

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A retired American general has apologized for a remark to the U.S. Senate suggesting that gay Dutch soldiers were partl...

Three Generals Put New Twist on March Madness

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Aubrey Sarvis

Thankfully, Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen are taking the repeal of DADT very seriously. It's time for these Generals to get over March Madness and start playing "Follow the Leader."