Serbia’s president criticizes UN court for not releasing war criminal Mladic to die at home
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday accused…
On June 9, 2021, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic criticized the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague, accusing it of "uncivilized behavior" for denying an early release for former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic. Mladic, who died at the age of 84 on June 8, was serving a life sentence for his crimes. Vucic and the Serbian government had repeatedly requested Mladic's release, citing his advanced age and deteriorating health.
The tribunal rejected his latest request for release on humanitarian grounds just a week before his death. Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017, marking a significant step towards bringing justice to the victims of the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s, which left over 100,000 dead and displaced more than 1 million. While Bosnian Serbs mourned the loss of their perceived hero Mladic, the families of his victims hailed his death as a form of justice for their loved ones.
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