Obliterating being human is beyond our comprehension and so we invoke evil and dignity – but the wound is indelible
Serbs are not facing the truth about the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia that left over 8 000 Muslims dead.
A judge has ruled that Bosnian Serb Ratko Mladic, the alleged mastermind of the Srebrenica massacre, was fit to stand trial at a war crimes court.
Ratko Mladic’s first appearance before the Serbian war crimes court has been halted so that doctors may assess his mental and physical fitness.
Richard Holbrooke, the US diplomat who brokered the accord that ended the war in Bosnia died on Monday after emergency heart surgery.
Richard Holbrooke, the US diplomat who brokered the accord that ended the war in Bosnia died on Monday after emergency heart surgery.
Despite overwhelming evidence of genocide, the ‘butcher of Bosnia’ denies all. Ian Traynor reports.
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/ 30 October 2009
Although he spurns defence lawyers, Karadzic has a team of 40 legal experts and lawyers assisting him in his trial.
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/ 17 October 2009
The 1995 Srebrenica massacre is central to the case against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is about to go on trial for war crimes.
EU and US diplomats bring together Bosnian politicians on Thursday to seek a solution to deepening ethnic divisions.
The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, on Friday accused the war crimes tribunal in The Hague of being a ”Nato court” bent on killing him.
Genocide, siege and massacre are, for many people in Bosnia, more than just words on Radovan Karadzic’s indictment. They represent years of suffering.
If there is a monument to work of Radovan Karadzic, then it is a few kilometres outside Srebrenica at Potocari — line after line of gravestones.
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/ 24 November 2005
Youths in the Bosnian city of Mostar said on Thursday they were delighted they would beat Hong Kong to erect a statue honouring the late martial arts film legend Bruce Lee. The statue is to be unveiled at the weekend in the southern city more famous for its 16th-century Ottoman bridge, which reopened last year after being destroyed during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war.
As the convoy of lorries trundled through torrents and thunderstorms over the hills of eastern Bosnia into Srebrenica, Mando was puzzled by one thought. ”What’s all the fuss about?” shrugged the young Srebrenica Serb on Sunday as the town swelled with Bosnian mourners.