Serb soldiers react to the life imprisonment of Mladic скачать в хорошем качестве

Serb soldiers react to the life imprisonment of Mladic

(22 Nov 2017) Dozens of soldiers who fought battles alongside General Ratko Mladic during the Bosnian War gathered in the small town of Sokolac on Wednesday to watch their former leader be sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes. Silence descended on the room as the verdict was read out. Many expressed their disbelief that their beloved general had been sentenced for life for acts of genocide in Srebrenica. Zeljko Borovcanin fought under Mladic's command and wore a t-shirt depicting the general at Wednesday's gathering. Borovcanin denied that Mladic had ever ordered killings that amounted to war crimes. Also present were members of the Drina Wolves group. Members of this unit of Bosnian Serb army were the first to enter Srebrenica on 11 July 1995, with some accused of war crimes themselves. Their war-time commander Milan Jovovic described Mladic as an honest and honorable man, a real Serb army officer. The court in The Hague convicted Mladic of 10 of 11 counts in a dramatic climax to a groundbreaking effort to seek justice for the wars in the former Yugoslavia. Presiding Judge Alphons Orie read out the judgment on Wednesday after ordering Mladic out of the courtroom over an angry outburst. Mladic was found guilty of commanding forces responsible for crimes including the worst atrocities of the war - the deadly three-year siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, and the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the eastern enclave of Srebrenica. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...