This is not architeture-related, but way more important than that. It is about bringing to justice those accused for the worst attrocities in Europe since the world war, such as Ratko Mladic, who commanded Serb Army during the war in Bosnia. This man bears the highest responsibility for Srebrenica massacre (declared Genocide by the ICTY Tribunal in the Hague), when more than 8000 Bosnian men and boys were killed within few days after the Mladic's troops overrun the town in July, 1995.
What will bringing Mladic to court mean for those who have lost their whole families? When it has taken almost 20 years for that to happen? To Serbia, where ultra right-wing fundamentalist nationalism is as rampant as ever? To contemporary Europe, where fundamentalism is on the rise, and with a Left that suffering from a profound identity crisis ...
The video below is from a UK rapper Smooth Deep who was drawn to the issue after seeing a pro-Mladic protest in Belgrade, and like any person with a little bit of decency asked: "How can anyone support a mass murderer?", with a funny touch, of course...
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