Ratko Mladic, Convicted Bosnian Serb General, Dies in Prison at 84
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- The Times of Israel
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- Reuters
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Ratko Mladic, the former military chief of the Bosnian Serbs convicted of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, died on Thursday at the age of 84. Serbian state television (RTS) and other reports indicate that he died at the hospital penitentiary of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague after suffering several strokes. Mladic was serving a life sentence for his role in the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian War, specifically for orchestrating the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo. In Srebrenica, a UN protected safe area, Serb forces under his command executed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys. During the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted over 40 months, approximately 11,000 to 12,000 people were killed. The ICTY found that Mladic was part of a criminal conspiracy with former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to implement a plan of ethnic cleansing to create a Greater Serbia. After the war, Mladic evaded capture for 16 years, living in hiding in Serbia until his arrest in May 2011. In recent years, his family and Serbian officials appealed for his release on humanitarian grounds due to his failing health, but the tribunal rejected these requests. While he was convicted of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II, some in Serbia continued to view him as a hero. Mladic consistently denied responsibility for the crimes, claiming he targeted only military objectives and viewed his actions as a defense of the Serb people.
How each side framed it
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- These outlets emphasized the brutality of his crimes, the suffering of the victims, and the lack of remorse shown by Mladic before his death.
- Centre
- These outlets focused on the factual reporting of his death, his legal convictions, and the historical context of the Srebrenica massacre.
Sources
- Centre ANSA: General Ratko Mladic, the 'executioner of Srebrenica', has died
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has died
- Centre Associated Press: Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies as a prisoner at 84 - AP News
- Centre-left CNN: Ratko Mladic Dead at 84
- Centre-left Daily Maverick: WAR CRIMINAL: Ratko Mladić, genocidal Butcher of Bosnia, dies in prison
- Centre-left Dawn: 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dead: Serbian state media
- Centre-left Der Spiegel: On the death of Ratko Mladić: The butcher of the Balkans
- Centre Deutsche Welle: The man behind Srebrenica: Ratko Mladic dies at 84
- Centre-left El Espectador: The "horrible" crimes of Ratko Mladić: this is how he earned the nickname of the "butcher of Bosnia"
- Centre France 24: "The Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic is dead, according to Serbian state television
- Centre Reuters: Reactions to death of Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide - Reuters
- Centre The Japan Times: Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital
- Centre The Times of Israel: Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies at 84
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