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Bosnian Serb veterans watch a live broadcast of UN judges sentencing former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of genocide and war crimes in the brutal Balkans conflicts over two decades ago. IMAGES
Registrar of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Abubacarr M. Tambadou praises "years of hard work, dedication and commitment" after war crimes judges upheld the genocide conviction of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II. The UN tribunal in The Hague rejected Mladic's appeal against his 2017 life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over the 1992-5 Bosnian war. SOUNDBITE
War crimes judges uphold the genocide conviction of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II. SOUNDBITE
Before his life sentence was announced, relatives of the Srebrenica massacre victims tearfully watched proceedings at The Hague as judges talked through the Bosnian Serb general's wartime offences. He was then convicted of genocide over the slaughter of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in July 1995. IMAGES
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to appeal his life sentence, his son said Wednesday, calling the judgement by a UN court "war propaganda". SOUNDBITE
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