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Police officers walk by the mural painting of former Bosnian Serbian army chief Ratcomradic in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Mladic that rights activists wanted to remove. The rally, which was to coincide with the international day of anti-fascist and anti-Semiticism, was by police who said they were preventing possible clashes between activists and right-wing nationalists who regarded Serbian generals as heroes. It was banned. (AP photo / DarkoVojinovic)
Belgrade, Serbia (AP) —A group of European parliamentarians praised the Serbian president and other government officials for convicted war criminals on Thursday for the genocide committed in Bosnia in the 1990s. I urged him to stop denying.
Their statement came two days after Serbian police stopped rights activists from painting a large mural in downtown Belgrade, convicted Serbian wartime commander Ratko Mladic. Was done.
In 1995, the International Court of War Crimes sentenced Mladic to life in prison on charges of slaughter in the outlying area of Srebrenica, Bosnia. About 8,000 Bosnians (mostly Muslims) were shot down by his army during the war in Bosnia. Since World War II.
Serbian authorities have categorically denied the genocide in Srebrenica, and nationalist authorities of the country portray convicted Serbian war criminals, including Mladic, as heroes and free combatants. I tolerate that.
“The (police) defense of the mural is another example of what the Serbian government and President Vucci (Alexandal) are thinking about reconciliation, the rule of law, democracy and regional cooperation,” the statement said.
“It is totally unacceptable for EU candidate countries to deploy police to protect the murals of convicted war criminals,” he added. “We urge Serbian authorities to deny the Srebrenica massacre and stop praising convicted war criminals.”
Belgrade police cited the need to prevent possible conflicts between activists and right-wing nationalists in banning mural rallies to commemorate International Day against fascism and anti-Semitism.
Former ultra-nationalist Vucci said Thursday that “they (Mladic’s supporters) would have hunted them down” if police had not been deployed.
He rejected the EU’s criticism, saying “they literally have nothing to do but hate Serbs.”
Mladic’s mural was restored after a small splash of white paint. It is protected by a black-clad hooded man who believes activists are one of several fast-growing far-right organizations in Serbia.
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