Σάββατο 28 Μαΐου 2011

From Srebrenica to The Hague: The day justice finally caught up with Ratko Mladic

the independent

The damage inflicted by the former Bosnian Serb military commander is more than his trial can repair.
By Marcus Tanner who covered the Balkan wars for The Independent
Friday, 27 May 2011


"Thank god you have come," Hasan Djanarovic told me, eyes watering. "We have seen no one in eight months. There are 70,000 of us here – no water, no food – people are dying."
Eighteen years ago, in November 1992, along with a party of journalists I got into Srebrenica, the besieged Muslim enclave in eastern Bosnia that has become synonymous with the savagery of General Ratko Mladic, the self-styled saviour of Serbia whose capture yesterday brings to a close one of the longest manhunts in recent history. Around the world, his arrest and forthcoming trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have been greeted as an event that will hopefully bring "closure" to the bloody Balkan wars of the Nineties....more....

read more: the independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/from-srebrenica-to-the-hague-the-day-justice-finally-caught-up-with-ratko-mladic-2289761.html

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