Ratko Mladic jailed for life over Bosnia war genocide

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Ratko Mladic jailed for life over Bosnia war genocide

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been jailed for life for genocide and other atrocities in the 1990s Bosnian war.

What were the crimes?

  • Mass rapes of Bosniak women and girls
  • Keeping Bosniak prisoners in appalling conditions - starving, thirsty and sick - and beating them
  • Terrorising civilians in Sarajevo by shelling and sniping at them
  • Deporting Bosniaks forcibly en masse
  • Destroying Bosniaks' homes and mosques

How was Gen Mladic brought to trial?

Infographic showing the key figures from the war crimes trials

What has the reaction been?

Published November 22, 2017

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