The world watched as Bosnian Serb forces systematically murdered, raped and forcibly displaced thousands of Bosniak Muslims in Srebrenica 25 years ago. We look at the worst massacre in Europe since WWII
On July 11, 1995, the Bosnian Serb Army led by Ratko Mladic, the “Butcher of Bosnia,” waged a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Bosniaks in Srebrenica, unstopped by the UN, US or EU
The ethnic fallout between the Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs that fuelled the 1992 Bosnian War redrew the region’s demographics. Here’s a look at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnic makeup before and after the war
In 1992, Bosnia’s Muslims and Croats voted for independence while the Serbs opposed it, leading to a bloody war between the groups divided along ethnoreligious lines. Here’s a closer look at the events that led to the Srebrenica genocide:
A concentration camp, ethnic cleansing, rape and displacement: the Bosnian War remains an open wound. A look at the human cost of the war:
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia listened to more than 4,500 witnesses over the course of 10,000 days, eventually sentenced 90 war criminals for genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of law of war
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