Ratko Mladić: the war criminal who became a martyr for Bosnian Serbs

Podcast: The Conversation Weekly · The Conversation

Opublikowano: 2026-09-10

To most of the world, former Bosnian Serb military general Ratko Mladić was a brutal war criminal whose actions during the Bosnian War killed thousands. For others, he was a martyr who defended the Serbian people. In late August, the 84-year-old died while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was laid to rest in Belgrade earlier this week with full military honours - a move which angered the families of the victims of his crimes. On this week's episode of The Conversation W...