The trial of Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic begins in the Hague Wednesday morning. Mladic is being tried before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Dan Damon reported on the Balkans War for years and is host of World Update for our partner the BBC.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy has stated that our current strategy to reduce drug use and drug violence is not working. We take a closer look. Ratko Mladic made his first court appearance at a war crimes tribunal at The Hague this morning. He’s accused of leading a campaign of persecution against Muslims and […]
The images of Ratko Mladic gracing Serbia’s front pages and newscasts showed a frail shell of the stocky former Bosnian Serb wartime commander who went into hiding 16 years ago. But his capture Thursday inspired a frenzied nighttime rage among several hundred mostly young men who played a cat-and-mouse game with riot police in Belgrade’s […]