, the commander behind massacres such as srebrenica during the bosnia war was finally convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. my memories of meeting him decades ago and covering the worst atrocity in europe since world war ii. ♪ ♪ >> "amanpour on pbs" was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. ♪ >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. this year, the world watched as ratko mladic was sentenced to life in prison on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. it was a moment justice prevailed a quarter century after mladic had masterminded the biggest mass murder in europe since world war ii. >> count two -- genocide. >> in july of 1995, he was in charge of the bosnian-serb army when he led his soldiers into the tiny muslim town of srebrenica. it had been declared a safe area under u.n. protection. but mladic's forces nonetheless stormed through. they separated the men and boys from the women, and they took them into fields and shot them at point-blank

bosnia and herzegovina's violent legacy is the fate of ermeen yusufovich. not only was neighbor pitted against neighbor as the former yugoslavia split apart, over 100,00 landmines are still buried there, literal seeds of general mladic's crimes. while there are ongoing efforts to clear them, many people have been killed, or like ermeen, have suffered life changing injuries. reporter: participating in sports has helped ermin jusufovic resume his normal life. he's a paralympic volleyball player. 10 years ago he stepped on a landmine and lost the lower part of his right leg. ermin jusufovic: sitting volleyball has become like a way of life for me. it not only provides an outlet for all the negative energy and thoughts, it's also an opportunity for me to meet my friends. and of course it helps me stay fit, so i benefit physically, mentally, and emotionally. reporter: the club, named "the sons of bosnia," was set up after the war for those maimed in the fighting or in landmine accidents. jusufovic has been selected to play for bosnia-herzegovina's national paralympic team. his twin b

guilty of genocide. one example of bosnia herzegovina is a violent legacy is the fate of earth mean use of edge not only was neighbor pitted against neighbor as the former yugoslavia split apart over one hundred thousand landmines are still buried there literal seeds of general milat of his crimes while there are ongoing efforts to clear them many people have been killed or like or mean have suffered life changing injuries. participating in sports has helped their mean your super victories room of normal life he's a paralympic volleyball player ten years ago he stepped on a land mine and lost the lower part of his right leg. sitting volleyball has become like a way of life for me and not only provides an outlet for all the negative energy and thoughts it's also an opportunity for me to meet my friends. and of course it helps me stay fit so i benefit physically mentally and emotionally emotive to. the club named the sons of bosnia was set up after the war for those maimed in the fighting or in landmine accidents. yousuf a bitch has been selected to play for bosnia-herzegovina as nati

there is a village in bosnia and herzegovina which is seeing a number of radicalized fighters from returning from syria and iraq. being there to see whether the has gotten extremism hope that the mentoring on its doorstep. we're heading to the small village of australia it's one of sixty five communities of course it's the beach is considered to be radicalized they've been dubbed shari'a villages and that's because residents practice what hobby is an ultra conservative form of islam. it looks like an ordinary sleepy village a few houses nestled between the hills not how you might imagine a cradle of terror. but the local a mom is telling me that some of the residents have joined islamic state in this when a lot of the there are people who went to syria and forth on the side of isis but we tried to stop them bosnia has been one of the main targets of islamic state propaganda a recruitment hotbed. with i still suffering dramatic losses in syria the recruits are expected to come home some of them already did a little it's only one person now and we are distancing ourselves from him we

their three daughters here in srpska, repubblica srpska, the serb—run entity within bosnia—herzegovina, that was formally recognised after the war but which some bosnian muslims, or bosniaks, believe entrenched ethnic cleansing. nedzad is one of it's believed only six men and boys who survived being rounded up, taken to mass execution sites and shot in july 1995. 8000 didn't. i had a need deeply inside me to come here, to show them that i survived. maybe it is the best answer that all those who deny the genocide. it is all arranged. nadzad's decision to live in srebenica is cathartic and political, aimed at those who wanted muslims erased from here. he says it's increasingly difficult. life here is not easy. today we fight for justice. it isn't finished. without justice, there is no reconciliation. i worry because of this curse, rhetoric. everywhere you have propaganda. because of that, my wife, she just wants to leave srebenica. there are different realities here in repubblica srpska. many bosnian serbs see men deemed war criminals as heroes. when the political second—in—command f

injustice towards six croats from bosnia and the croatian people we voiced dissatisfaction and regret brought this verdict now this is something that we're hearing time and time again come from the balkans and its beams to be epidemic on the creation and the bosnian muslims side the serbs of already kind of said yeah you know yes we're we are going to take responsibility for what we've done with these other two groups they're playing victim along. not to say that there weren't tons of victims but this was a war and all three sides had criminal elements to it and all three sides should be treated equally and now when it comes to this we're going to see hopefully in the near future they're going to say hey you know what yeah we did some bad things too as it stands right now they're playing victim. so who exactly is this that is just a short explanation of what what he was accused of and what that's actually relates to because i think now it's so far gone from the bosnian conflict that a lot of people don't even understand what what's going on i'll break it down for you this guy is actua

means to solve the crisis. meantime just beyond the use border there's a village in bosnia and herzegovina which is seeing a number of radicalized fighters returning from syria and iraq show the debate as he's been there to see whether the e was gotten extremism hotbed for men thing right and it's very doorstep. we're heading to the small village of it's one of sixty five communities possibles me it's a skill set it be radicalised they've been dubbed shari'a religious nuts because residents practice what hobby is an ultra conservative form of islam. it looks like an ordinary sleepy village a few houses nestled between the hills not how you might imagine a cradle of terror. was. but the local and mom is telling me that some of the residents have joined the islamic state and this one a lot of the people who went to syria and fourteen other side of isis but we tried to stop that a lot of bosnia has been one of the main targets of islamic state propaganda dubbed a recruitment hotbed with eisel suffering traumatic losses in syria recruits are expected to come home some of them alrea

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president was considering the prospect of sending american airmen into the bosnia conflict. >> the end of the cold war caused the world in many places to unravel. one of those places was the former yugoslavia, a country that is falling apart and people are dying by the thousands. >> americans are very generous about putting their treasure and their lives on the line around the world, but we have to be disciplined and very careful where we do it. >> when president clinton came into office, there was a reluctance to get american forces involved. we were trying to figure out what is america's moral responsibility? if, in fact, people are being killed and we know about it. >> stunning news from somalia. the deadliest battle yet involving u.s. forces. >> the battle began after this jeep carrying americans was blown up. two u.s. helicopters were shot down. >> president george bush as his parting gesture sent in a humanitarian mission to rescue the somalis from this terrible famine. it turned from a humanitarian mission into a terrible military catastrophe. >> 12 american soldiers killed.

civilians were killed by bosnia and herzegovina army forces in the scale on a massacre but an orthodox church in the cemetery burned to the ground. over all despite much evidence of war crimes conducted similar taney asleep by different forces the center of all the crimes including genocide. tonight they took goes into action again. and eventual nato air campaign conducted a number of operations to undermine the military capability of the boss and army. to this day the un special court is still investigating war crime cases from the conflict. a total of one hundred sixty one people have been indicted for war crimes in the former yugoslavia since the tribunals began atrocities were committed by all sides party to the conflict but longer sentences have been given to serbians and also montenegrins counting up the total time of those jail terms serbian authorities to suggest that nearly fifteen hundred years were given to its nationals and that is in contrast to three hundred for croats and just fifty years for the former yugoslavia and republics however the un court has never investigated

by bosnia and herzegovina army forces in the school on a massacre with an orthodox church in a cemetery burned to the ground. overall despite much evidence of war crimes conducted similar tenuously by different forces the cia eventually declared said militants were responsible for ninety percent of all crimes including genocide. tonights they took those into action against yugoslavia it is indeed tragic that diplomacy has failed and nato is now intervening in a war in a sovereign country. and eventually nato air campaign conducted a number of operations to undermine the military capability of the boss and me. to this day the un special court is still investigating war crime cases from the conflict. well a total of one hundred sixty one people have been indicted for war crimes in the former yugoslavia since the tribunals began atrocities were committed by all sides party to the conflict but longer sentences have been given to serbians and montenegrins counting up the total time of those jail terms serbian authorities see she jest that nearly one and a half thousand years was giv

australia's one of sixty five communities because of bosnia and herzegovina it's consented to be radicalized. also to come fears grow for internet freedoms in the u.s. after regulators repealed net neutrality rules and u.s. police are accused of being trigger happy with tazes this video emerges of offices appearing to use excessive force. and i welcome you with r.t. this friday morning which just turned nine o'clock. our top story leaders have agreed to integrate their defenses into a more unified force it does mean member nations will have to increase their military spending european council president on tuesday revealed the pact at a summit on thursday. today this dream becomes a reality we are launching permanent structures corporation so-called. which is a practical expression of our will to build european. sco it's not only good news for us but it is also good news for us. and a bit and you'll see. what tesco has been nearly two decades in the making but will now unite twenty five e.u. member states and includes eighteen defense projects a far a lot of them though do mirror existing nat

the side of isis but we tried to stop them bosnia has been one of the main targets of islamic state propaganda dubbed a recruitment hotbed. with i still suffering dramatic losses in syria the recruits are expected to come home some of them already did a little it's only one person now and we are distancing ourselves from him we have nothing to do with him. the fear is that us fighters come back they may not just spread radical ideology but also in far on establishing an islamic caliphate in europe or. in bosnia and herzegovina they're already small caliphates existing the reason that they're far from the cities and towns is that it allows them to perform any covert activity they need to in the fact that they're recruiting members means in the future there will be a big threat to europe the bosnian government try to curb the terror threat by making it illegal to fight for a foreign military and more than a dozen of those who have returned from syria have been jailed where the country is also spending millions of euros on the radicalization projects but is it all working the local a m

six croats from bosnia and the croatian people we voiced dissatisfaction and regret this verdict now this is something that we're hearing time and time again come from the balkans it's beans to be epidemic on the creation and the bosnian muslims side the serbs of already kind of said yeah you know yes we're we are going to take responsibility for what we've done with these other two groups they're playing victim a lot not to. say that there weren't tons of victims but this was a war and all three sides had criminal elements to it and all three sides should be treated equally now when it comes to this we're going to see it hopeless that he was a writer that was this little republican called a republican head cigar and he was a part of that he was a pretty much made a general right off the bat he was in some a couple of battles but then the crimes came into play was directly involved in those that they were going to kill he to another and each a bridge in bosnia and repeated absolutely nothing about this so this whole entity this is a this croatian entity that they tried to create it f

bosnia for the war in bosnia now that is a problematic steps because when the same people instigate the setting up of the tribunals of two they have already identified who they think is responsible for a wall it becomes very difficult to expect that trying bunol to act impartially. the french president has called for military action against human traffickers in libya to many microns a proposal is drawing wide criticism as the previous french led intervention in libya left the country in ruins and he's my god you have comments. slavery and human trafficking fences sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops it's a new city zone we're proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fight this war or rather not really a war says macron but a military operation still round two for franc

earth. ♪ around the world. today, we head to bosnia-herzegovina. ♪ nina: hello to everyone. my name is nina petkovic. i'm 17, and i'm from mostar, bosnia-herzegowina. i like adele's "don't you remember?," because it's my vote song and the favorite song of my friends. i like pop and i really like everything about music. my mother is a master of agronomy. she works in the education for farmers and i was sometime in her educations. it was so, so beautiful because it was a big success and i was very happy because when i see my mom while she is working, it's a special feeling, really. and my grandma is a nurse. i want to study mechanical engineering. it's not similar with either medicine or agronomy. this building here was destroyed in the civil war in 1992. we have to look ahead and try to turn the negative things into positive ones. the youth council of the city of mostar is a non-profit and non-political organization. unfortunately, we don't have a properly functioning city council involving all ethnic groupings. but we have shown that we young people have many ideas and can work toge

the people the serbian people of bosnia for the war in bosnia now that is a problematic step to it because when the same people instigate the setting up of the tribunals after they have already identified who they think is responsible for a war it becomes very difficult to expect that tribunals to act impartially. now also this week the french president tabled a new plan to combat human trafficking in libya that involves military action but a man your man crimes proposal is drawing a lot of criticism to you is the previous french led intervention in libya left the country in ruins is it against the explains. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops sitting in city zones we are proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than as savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fi

serbia and its government and the people of the serbian people of bosnia for the war in bosnia now that is a big step to because when the same people instigate the setting up of the tribunals after they have already identified who they think is responsible for a war it becomes very difficult to expect that tribunals to act impartially. huge crowds rallied in tel aviv on saturday calling on the israeli prime minister to resign over corruption allegations. the so called march of show was triggered by a controversial draft law it would prevent police from publishing their findings on to criminal investigations into binyamin netanyahu an estimated twenty thousand people attended the protest many held up signs reading shame prime minister netanyahu for his part has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing but protests just saving intend to keep up the pressure until he's forced from office. i think the time has come for a change of government the government is corrupt we're sick of the corruption. is there no mention that we have a corrupt government that needs to be brought down as quickly as