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Victims condemn Serbia's glorification of Ratko Mladić as Vucic brands UN court 'uncivilised' over his death

Ratko Mladić, who screamed "This is all lies, you are all liars!" when sentenced in 2017, has died in the UN prison hospital at The Hague aged 84.
Ratko Mladić, who screamed "This is all lies, you are all liars!" when sentenced in 2017, has died in the UN prison hospital at The Hague aged 84.
Ratko Mladić, shown with Radovan Karadzic — with whom the ICTY found he conspired to ethnically cleanse Bosnia for a Greater Serbia — died after suffering multiple strokes in recent months.
Ratko Mladić, shown with Radovan Karadzic — with whom the ICTY found he conspired to ethnically cleanse Bosnia for a Greater Serbia — died after suffering multiple strokes in recent months.
The Srebrenica Memorial Centre in Potočari stands near where Ratko Mladić's forces shot at least 8,000 unarmed Muslim men and boys over several days before bulldozing their remains into mass graves.
The Srebrenica Memorial Centre in Potočari stands near where Ratko Mladić's forces shot at least 8,000 unarmed Muslim men and boys over several days before bulldozing their remains into mass graves.
Bodies of victims recovered after the massacre, which Mladić's forces tried to conceal by moving remains to remote mountains after the initial mass graves were discovered.
Bodies of victims recovered after the massacre, which Mladić's forces tried to conceal by moving remains to remote mountains after the initial mass graves were discovered.

Bosnian genocide victims have spoken out against the glorification of Ratko Mladić in Serbia after the 'Butcher of Bosnia' died in prison at 84, warning his ideology remains "shockingly pervasive" across the Balkans. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic inflamed tensions by accusing the UN war crimes court of "uncivilised behaviour" for refusing to release Mladić before his death. Džemil Hodžić, whose 16-year-old brother Amel was shot dead by a Sarajevo sniper in May 1995, said Mladić was "a horror creature" who every child in the city knew by name. Bosnian Serbs held candlelit vigils for Mladić, with supporters insisting he "would not touch anyone, child, no one."

Mladić was convicted of genocide in 2017 over the Srebrenica massacre, in which at least 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed.

The UN court rejected Mladić's final humanitarian release request just one week before his death, citing "comprehensive and compassionate medical care" in custody.

Serbia's proposed state honours for Mladić have been condemned as "an outrage", deepening the diplomatic row over his legacy.

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