Thousands Gather in Belgrade for Funeral of Convicted War Criminal Ratko Mladic
The state-backed funeral drew thousands as officials in Republika Srpska and Serbia praised the convicted war criminal despite international condemnation.
- Convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić is buried in Belgrade on Monday at a ceremony expected to draw thousands despite international condemnation.
- Mladić died in late August at age 84 while serving a life sentence for genocide, including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre where Bosnian Serb forces killed around 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
- European Union enlargement commissioner Marta Kos cancelled a visit to Serbia, saying the "glorification surrounding his death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built."
- Denis Bećirović, chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, wrote on Facebook Friday that the funeral represents "an act of identification by Serbia's leadership with one of the worst killers in European history."
- Organizing the funeral, Mladić's son Darko said he was "proud of the role" played by his father, while ceremony speakers praised him as a "towering figure both as a man and a soldier.
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Brussels, 7 Sep (EFE).- The European Union insisted this Monday that 'glorify' war criminals, deny genocide or revisionism 'have no place' in the EU or in candidate countries such as Serbia, where the former Serb general Ratko Mladic will be buried today. 'Any glorification of war criminals, the denial of genocide and revisionism contradict the most fundamental European values and have no place either in the EU or in the candidate countries for …
In Belgrade, celebrations for the funeral of Ratko Mladić began. EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos refused to visit Serbia in protest.
With thousands of people to pay tribute to the former commander of Bosnian Serbs convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Thousands gather in Belgrade for funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic
BELGRADE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered in front of a church in Belgrade to pay respects to former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity...
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