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On 25 June 1991, Politika reminded Serbs about the atrocities perpetrated by the Croatian fascist Ustaše against Serbs during World War II; "Jasenovac [an Ustaše concentration camp in World War II] mustn't be forgotten". [10] Serbian state media during the wars featured controversial reportage that villainized the other ethnic factions.
On 18 December 1992, the U.N. General Assembly resolution 47/121 in its preamble deemed ethnic cleansing to be a form of genocide stating: [23] [24]. Gravely concerned about the deterioration of the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina owing to intensified aggressive acts by the Serbian and Montenegrin forces to acquire more territories by force, characterized by a consistent ...
The widespread media coverage of the atrocities by Serbian paramilitary and military forces against Bosniak women and children, drew international condemnation of the Serbian forces. [12] [13] Following the war, several award-winning documentaries, feature films and plays were produced which cover the rapes and their aftermath.
The massacre in 1995, which happened in the week after the U.N. safe zone of Srebrenica was attacked by Bosnian Serb forces, was seen as Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, and ...
[31] [32] [33] According to the BBC, Serbian public sentiment during the Russo-Ukrainian war has been decidedly pro-Russian, with over 70% of Serbian citizens supporting Russia over Ukraine. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Numerous murals and graffiti supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine appeared throughout Serbia's capital Belgrade following the invasion.
Atrocity crimes have been committed during the Russo-Ukrainian War, chiefly by the Russian Federation and its proxy forces in Ukraine's Donbas region. [1]Atrocity crimes is a legally defined group of offences against international law, that includes war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and is often considered to include the non-legally defined ethnic cleansing. [2]
In contrast, many in Serbia were strongly opposed to the battle and the wider war, and resisted efforts by the state to involve them in the conflict. [191] Multiple anti-war movements appeared in Serbia as Yugoslavia began to disintegrate.
On 10 April 2007, a Serbian war crimes court sentenced 4 members of the Scorpions paramilitary group to a total of 58 years in prison for the execution of six Bosniaks during the Srebrenica massacre. [271] Guilty of war crimes. Pera Petrasevic – sentenced to 13 years [272] Branislav Medic – sentenced to 15 years [272]