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# Ratko Mladic

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# genocide conviction
War crime judges uphold life sentence for 'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic
The UN tribunal in The Hague rejected Ratko Mladic’s appeal against his 2017 life sentence.
# Bosnia War
'Old men and children were taken out and never came back': Dublin based survivor recalls genocide
Suad Mujkić, who lives in Blanchardsown, was nine years old when the Bosnian Serb Army, led my Ratko Mladic, invaded Srebrenica in 1995.
# Genocide
Justice for those massacred in a 'safe area': what happened in Srebrenica?
Timeline in pictures and video: on the day Ratko Mladic is imprisoned for life, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at the events of July 1995 – the UN and Europe’s darkest hour.
# Bosnian War
'Butcher of Bosnia': Prosecutors make their closing arguments in genocide trial
Ratko Mladic has been accused of leading a relentless military campaign to ensure Muslims ‘vanished’ during the Bosnian war.
# War Crimes
Bosnian Serb ex-army chief's defence case opens against charges of genocide
Ratko Mladic faces 11 charges for his role in Bosnia’s brutal 1992-95 conflict in which 100,000 people died.
# War Crimes
Tribunal rejects acquittal of "Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic
A UN war crimes tribunal says that Ratko Mladic “has a case to answer”.
# sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# Srebrenica
Karadzic opens Srebrenica defence in Hague war crimes trial
Radovan Karadzic opens his defence before the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court today.
# Ratko Mladic
Retired Irish officer prepares to give evidence at Mladic trial
Col Colm Doyle says Irish officers are in a ‘unique position’ for peacekeeping duties, given Ireland’s neutrality.
# Bosnian War
Emotional testimony from first witness in Mladic trial
The trial of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic got underway yesterday.
# Ratko Mladic
Mladic trial set to resume today
The former Bosnian Serb military chief is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity.
# War Crimes
Mladic war crimes trial to resume on 9 July
The trial of the former Bosnian Serb commander was suspended over a month ago because of ‘irregularities’ in how evidence was handled.
# War Crimes
Ratko Mladic trial suspended by court - again
The trial had originally been suspended on 17 May and was due to resume next week.
# ICTY
Mladic war crimes trial to resume with first witness on 25 June
Lawyers for the so-called Butcher of Bosnia were refused their request for a six-month delay.
# Said and done
Noah's Ark and whole genitalia: The week in quotes
“You can’t even call it a fig leaf – a fig leaf covers the whole genatalia, this only covers the tip.”
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Your essential roundup of the day’s big stories – plus any other bits and pieces you may have missed…
# The Hague
Mladic trial suspended 'indefinitely' due to 'significant errors' by prosecutors
A new starting date will be established “as soon as possible” but Mladic’s lawyer has asked for a six-month delay.
# Genocide
Ratko Mladic goes on trial for war crimes...20 years later
The Bosnian Serb commander is accused of leading a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing.
# Mladic
Opening of Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial delayed
Bosnian Serb commander is set to stand trial on genocide and other charges next month.
# Mladic
General Ratko Mladic in hospital
Reports say that suspected war criminal Mladic, who is charged with genocide, is suffering from pneumonia.
# Serbia
Serbia captures last war crimes suspect Goran Hadzic
Hadzic has been on the run for eight years and is sought for atrocities stemming from the Balkan’s War in the 90s.
# Daily Fix
Daily Fix: Monday
In today’s Fix: a Co Meath nursing home is closed by court order; human remains uncovered in Clare are feared to be those of a missing local man; and singer Sting explains why he won’t cross a “virtual picket-line”.
# Bosnia
Judges enter “not guilty” plea for Mladić after kicking him out of court
The man accused of carrying out horrendous war crimes in Bosnia in the 1990s has again refused to enter a plea but judges at The Hague have done so on his behalf.
# Mladic
War crimes suspect Mladic to boycott court hearing
But what happens if he refuses to attend tomorrow’s war crimes tribunal hearing?
# most wanted
Slideshow: A bad year for 'bad guys'
As Irish-American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is captured after 16 years, take a look at other notorious figures who’ve been caught recently…
# Mladic
Ratko Mladic shuns ‘monstrous’ charges as he appears at war crimes tribunal
The former commander of the Bosnian Serb army robustly defended his actions in the Netherlands court as he heard the indictment against him read out for the first time.
# Mladic
Mladic spends his first night in The Hague in solitary confinement
The former Bosnian Serb military commander has undergone health checks and placed in isolation ahead of his trial for alleged genocide at The Hague.
# Mladic
Mladic facing extradition to the Hague as Serbian court rejects appeal
Serbian prosecutor says suspected war criminal and former general Ratko Mladic will be extradited to The Hague “as soon as possible”.
# Ratko Mladic
Mladic seeks to delay extradition - by sending his appeal by post
The Serbian warlord is trying to avoid extradition to The Hague using any means possible – including through ‘snail mail’.
# Mladic
War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to appeal against extradition to The Hague
The former Bosnian Serb military commander is unlikely to win his appeal with the Serbian government keen to move him on to the Netherlands to stand trial.
# Mladic
Ratko Mladic denies giving order for Srebrenica massacre, says son
Mladic’s son claimed today that “whatever was done in Srebrenica, he has nothing to do with it”.
# Serbia
Belgrade prepares for pro-Mladic protests organised by ultra-nationalist group
Serbian right-wing groups have urged their supporters to attend today’s rally, but Mladic’s lawyer says he has issued an appeal against violence and unrest in his name.
# Mladic
Serbia to target those that protected war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic
The Serbian president has vowed to investigate those who may have colluded with Mladic to keep him from the authorities. Meanwhile, details of how the former army chief lived in hiding have been emerging.
# Mladic
Nine things to know about Ratko Mladic
Some background on one of Europe’s most wanted men, from his father’s death in 1945 to his rise as a Bosnian Serb military leader and later indictment for war crimes.