Srebrenica News

Ceremony marks 16th anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica

Srebrenica - Today, July 11th, marks the 16th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre where over 8,000 Bosniak men lost their lives in the biggest mass murder since the second World War.

In the Media by Gemma Fox - 1 comment

Wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic arrested in Serbia

Europe's most wanted war criminal, Ratko Mladic, has been arrested in Serbia the President, Boris Tadic, announced today.

In the Media by Gemma Fox

Mladic’s war diaries overshadow Srebrenica commemorations

Ex-Bosnian-Serb army Chief of Staff Ratko Mladic, the man said to have had command responsibility for the Srebrenica Massacre, has still not been traced. But, 15 years after those terrible events, his war diaries have surfaced.

In the Media by Michael Cosgrove - 11 comments

General apologizes for Srebrenica ‘gay troops’ slur

Retired US general John Sheehan has apologized for his controversial suggestion that Dutch troops failed to stop the Srebrenica massacre because some of them were gay.

In the Media by Andrew John

Karadzic: From author of kiddies books to war criminal

Radovan Karadzic has many faces. He was a doctor, a psychiatrist, a poet, and a writer of kids books. He also was the man who in the 1990s drenched Bosnia, Herzegovina and Serbia in blood and hatred - events for which he now stands trial in The Hague.

In the Media by Miriam Mannak

Srebrenica massacre, former Serbian officer jailed for 30 years

Former Serbian army captain Milorad Trbic was jailed for thirty years on Friday. He was charged with genocide for the killings of dozens of Muslims in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

In the Media by Gemma Fox

Bosnia Lays More Victims of Srebrenica Massacre to Rest

It was on July 11 1995 that Bosnian Serb forces, under the command of General Ratko Mladic, entered the town of Srebrenica in Eastern Bosnia. Once there they forced the women and children out of the town, before slaughtering its men and teenage boys.

In the Media by Chris Dade - 13 comments

Dutch Government Resigns

AMSTERDAM (voa) - The Dutch government has resigned after an official report condemned its failure in 1995 to prevent the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica, considered one of the worst atrocities of the Bosnian war. Prime Minister Wim Kok has offer...

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