Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide

[Tactical Frog]

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide
The United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Wednesday convicted Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life in prison for the atrocities during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war.

Mladic, 75, was found guilty of commanding forces responsible for crimes, including the worst atrocities of the war, the deadly three-year siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, and the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the eastern enclave of Srebrenica, which was Europe’s worst mass killing since World War II.

A three-judge panel at the court, formally known as the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), convicted Mladic of 10 of 11 counts in a dramatic climax to a ground-breaking effort to seek justice for the wars in the former Yugoslavia.

Last trial before the tribunal
The trial of the man, dubbed "The Butcher of Bosnia" was the last before the ICTY and comes as the court prepares to close its doors next month.

Presiding Judge Alphons Orie read out the judgment, after ordering Mladic out of the courtroom for the final verdict over an angry outburst.

Mothers of Srebrenica’s victims clapped when the convictions were read out. Mladic’s son Darko said- “I’m not surprised. The court was totally biased from the start.”

Bosniaks and Serbs watched from near and far as the long-awaited climax approached. The judgment marks the end of the final trial at the tribunal, which was set up in 1993, while fierce fighting was still raging in Bosnia.

Lingering tensions
Emotions ran high outside the courtroom, with a small skirmish reflecting lingering tensions between Serbs and Bosniaks over the trial and the war.

Despite ailing health, Mladic looked relaxed, greeting lawyers and giving a thumbs up to photographers in court. He nodded regularly as presiding Judge Orie read out descriptions of atrocities by Bosnian Serb forces, one by one.

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic thumbs up as he enters the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on November 22, 2017, to hear the verdict in his genocide trial. | Photo Credit: AFP
Then Mladic’s lawyer asked for a delay because the general was suffering high blood pressure. The judge refused, and Mladic burst out with criticism and was ordered to leave the room.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...dic-convicted-of-genocide/article20643498.ece

 

[SELVAM]

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[Akshay_Fenix]

What were his war crimes? wiki page was not helpful.

 

[TrueNeo]

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That's an easy escape from punishment. Where would he get poison?

 

[Tactical Frog]

Stark contrast between Mladic (smiling) and Praljak. Mladic is a despicable person.

What were his war crimes? wiki page was not helpful.

Abstracts from ICTY press release

« The Appeals Chamber affirmed almost all of the Trial Chamber’s convictions of Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, and Berislav Pušić with respect to events occurring between 1992 and 1994 in eight municipalities and five detention centres in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also affirmed the sentences imposed by the Trial Chamber, which sentenced Prlić to 25 years’ imprisonment, Stojić, Praljak, and Petković to 20 years’ imprisonment each, Ćorić to 16 years’ imprisonment, and Pušić to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Prlić, Stojić, Praljak, Petković, Ćorić, and Pušić remain convicted of crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, specifically murder, wilful killing, persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds, deportation, unlawful transfer of civilians, imprisonment, unlawful confinement of civilians, unlawful labour, inhumane acts, inhuman treatment, extensive destruction of property not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly, destruction or wilful damage done to institutions dedicated to religion or education, unlawful attack on civilians, and unlawful infliction of terror on civilians. »

It seems that General Praljak was more specifically responsible for ordering the destruction of a very old bridge in the city of Mostar. Something he did not consider as a crime in time of war.

 

[Tactical Frog]

That's an easy escape from punishment. Where would he get poison?

Well not so easy to drink poison . And rooms in Dutch prisons are very comfortable. High standards.
General Praljak said he was not a criminal of war just before drinking. A very japanese like suicide.

 

[Akshay_Fenix]

Stark contrast between Mladic (smiling) and Praljak. Mladic is a despicable person.




Abstracts from ICTY press release

« The Appeals Chamber affirmed almost all of the Trial Chamber’s convictions of Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, and Berislav Pušić with respect to events occurring between 1992 and 1994 in eight municipalities and five detention centres in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also affirmed the sentences imposed by the Trial Chamber, which sentenced Prlić to 25 years’ imprisonment, Stojić, Praljak, and Petković to 20 years’ imprisonment each, Ćorić to 16 years’ imprisonment, and Pušić to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Prlić, Stojić, Praljak, Petković, Ćorić, and Pušić remain convicted of crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, specifically murder, wilful killing, persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds, deportation, unlawful transfer of civilians, imprisonment, unlawful confinement of civilians, unlawful labour, inhumane acts, inhuman treatment, extensive destruction of property not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly, destruction or wilful damage done to institutions dedicated to religion or education, unlawful attack on civilians, and unlawful infliction of terror on civilians. »

It seems that General Praljak was more specifically responsible for ordering the destruction of a very old bridge in the city of Mostar. Something he did not consider as a crime in time of war.

Well thats the same stuff from wiki, nothing specific.(everywhere i checked) but thx for replying.

Why should he be charged, its war for fucks sake. Everyone does terrible things.

Was he a terrorist/mercenary type guy or was he fighting for his country.

if he was the former than good riddance, if he were the latter than i can understand why he choose suicide.

 

[Tactical Frog]

He was definitely fighting for a cause. Not a mercenary.
In Yugoslavia everyone fought for a cause. But everyone soon forgot about Geneva conventions , torture, protection of civilians and stuff . Probably nobody imagined that some day they would be prosecuted for war crimes. Without Russia and China giving the green light to the creation of ICTY , Mladic would be living like a king somewhere in Serbia.

Why should he be charged, its war for fucks sake. Everyone does terrible things.

Everyone did , indeed. It is in the human nature. Does it make it right ?

 

[Willy2]

Another serb bashing stuff from west....true justice would only achieve when genocidal regime of USA/CanadA/NATO also convicted with mass murder/indiscriminate bombing/ targeting school and hospital in Serbia. Hopefully one day Serb will liberate Kosovo and Bosnia .

 

[aditya10r]

Serbia stronk.

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[F-14B]

Wasn't this man involved in the massacre of Srebrenica???

 

[Kunal Biswas]

I misteken him for Željko Ražnatović ..

My bad ..


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[Tactical Frog]

Another serb bashing stuff from west....true justice would only achieve when genocidal regime of USA/CanadA/NATO also convicted with mass murder/indiscriminate bombing/ targeting school and hospital in Serbia. Hopefully one day Serb will liberate Kosovo and Bosnia .

The International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia is an United Nations official body.
That is pretty funny how UN equates West in non-western countries while in USA everyone a bit right wing hates UN for not being enough in the American interest.

 

[Willy2]

The International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia is an United Nations official body.
That is pretty funny how UN equates West in non-western countries while in USA everyone a bit right wing hates UN for not being enough in the American interest.

Don't know how much American RWinger hate ICT ,may be they want 90% result in their favour ,while ICT can only deliver 70% ....

 

[Anikastha]

Well thats the same stuff from wiki, nothing specific.(everywhere i checked) but thx for replying.

Why should he be charged, its war for fucks sake. Everyone does terrible things.

Was he a terrorist/mercenary type guy or was he fighting for his country.

if he was the former than good riddance, if he were the latter than i can understand why he choose suicide.

Have seen this Hollywood movie "Behind enemy line" ?
This movie also covers the bit of this genocide part.
An F-18 pilot took some photographs of mass grave.( Genocide committed by this man).
His (pilot) aircraft was shot down. Whole army was behind this pilot for that camera. And movie evolves around how pilot makes his way to friendly territory.

 

[Suryavanshi]

Wasn't Bosnia mainly Muslim populated

 

[Kshithij]

Have seen this Hollywood movie "Behind enemy line" ?
This movie also covers the bit of this genocide part.
An F-18 pilot took some photographs of mass grave.( Genocide committed by this man).
His (pilot) aircraft was shot down. Whole army was behind this pilot for that camera. And movie evolves around how pilot makes his way to friendly territory.

The simple rule of war is - wipe out anything that is hostile and non-negotiable. He killed people who were his enemies and were actively supplying, aiding and spying fr the enemy. Just because they didn't wear uniforms doesn't mean they were innocent.

He was definitely fighting for a cause. Not a mercenary.
In Yugoslavia everyone fought for a cause. But everyone soon forgot about Geneva conventions , torture, protection of civilians and stuff . Probably nobody imagined that some day they would be prosecuted for war crimes. Without Russia and China giving the green light to the creation of ICTY , Mladic would be living like a king somewhere in Serbia.



Everyone did , indeed. It is in the human nature. Does it make it right ?

Russia was severely weak in 1993 when it consented. USSR collapse and low oil price meant that Russia was crippled and USA took over via corrupt leaders

 

[Kshithij]

Wasn't Bosnia mainly Muslim populated

Yes, it was. NATO separated Albania in that war which became an islamic country.

 

[Willy2]

Allah have punished that small country for its crimes against Muslims. Apparently after living under ottoman boots for 500 years and giving their sons and daughters as slave warriors to sultans they became Muslim killers.

Whatever it is ...U would never get Peshawar-POK-Khaybar again

 

[Suryavanshi]

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