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A Bosnian Muslim woman mourns next to the grave of her relative at Srebrenica
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Srebrenica

Srebrenica, a town in eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina, was the site of the 1995 massacre of thousands of Bosniaks at the hands of Serb forces led by military commander Ratko Mladic.

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A view of a display showing results of the UN General Assembly's vote on the creation of an international day to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide

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Ratko Mladic in the court room in The Hague

Mladic's upheld life sentence won't prompt Serbian rethink

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PoliticsJune 9, 2021
General Ratko Mladic saluting, pictured in 1995.

UN court rejects 'Butcher of Bosnia' war crimes appeal

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