Ratko Mladić dies in prison; victims warn his ideology persists despite conviction
Source Summary
Gen Ratko Mladić, commander of Bosnian Serb forces during the 1990s Yugoslav breakup, died in prison on Thursday. As architect of the Srebrenica genocide and ethnic cleansing, he was responsible for an estimated 100,000 deaths, including at least 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica. Survivors and victims' families express concern that despite his death and conviction, his ideology remains pervasive.
Why it matters
Mladić's death closes a major chapter in Balkan war crimes accountability, but survivors' warnings highlight ongoing concerns about the persistence of the ideology that fueled the genocide.
