Women Survivors of Bosnia’s War Watch Tributes to Mladic with Despair

"I do not hate them," 82-year-old Kada Hotic tells BIRN over the phone. "I am just wondering what kind of person you have to be to celebrate a war criminal." Hotic was answering the call from hospital, where she was undergoing medical checkups while trying to follow the reactions to the death last week of Ratko Mladic, the convicted war criminal who was serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide. Hotic lost her husband, a son and two brothers in the genocide in July 1995. More than 50 other members of her extended family were killed in a series of systematic killings executed after Mladic’s forces overrun the UN-declared “safe zone” of Srebrenica, committing crimes which were classified as genocide by international and domestic courts. Subscribe to Balkan Insight Premium to read the full article. Please login to your account below if you are already a Premium Subscriber. Buy Premium Subscription Our Premium Service gives you full access to all content published on BalkanInsight.com, including analyses, investigations, comments, interviews and more. Choose your subscription today and get unparalleled in-depth coverage of the Southern and Eastern Europe. Buy Premium Subscription If you have trouble logging in or any other questions regarding you account, please contact us