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WHO releases new guidelines, sends team to China; Elections in Singapore and Poland; Turkish court annuls Hagia Sophia decree

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The WHO released new guidelines on Thursday acknowledging some reports of airborne transmission of the coronavirus. And, the WHO sent a team to China today to lay the groundwork for an investigation on the origins of the novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, several countries are making additional moves to reopen. The UK government announced that starting Friday, visitors arriving in England from 58 selected countries will no longer be required to self-isolate for 14 days.

‘The Butcher of Bosnia’ refuses to testify for a former ally at The Hague

Conflict & Justice

Lessons from Bosnia for Ending Syria’s Civil War

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Srebrenica elections lays bare old tensions between Serbs, Bosniaks

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Shades of Serbian massacres in Syrian violence

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In Srebrenica Election, a Horrific Past Looms Large in Vision for Future

Conflict & Justice

Race could give town first Serb mayor since Ratko Mladic’s forces killed 8,000 in Bosnian town. Serb candidate says it’s time to move, but survivors say moving on, is moving backward.

Mladic War Crimes Trial Suspended

Conflict & Justice

The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was suspended Thursday because of a clerical error by the prosecution. Earlier, the court heard a detailed description of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, which Mladic is accused of ordering.

Is Syria’s Idlib Like Srebrenica?

Conflict & Justice

Many Syrian fighters and refugees have fled over the border into Turkey. Some see similarities between what is happening now in Idlib and the massacres in the mid-90s at Srebrenica, in Bosnia.

Witnessing a Massacre: ‘I Was Lying Down Pretending to Be Dead’

Serbian military leader Ratko Mladic had been on the run for nearly 16 years. But when it was announced yesterday that he had finally been captured, it released a wave of memories of the genocide that led to the massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. Mevludin Oric was one […]

Survivors Respond to Mladic Arrest

Ratko Mladic was arrested yesterday for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity for his role as Army Chief of Staff during the Balkan wars. 8,000 Muslim men and boys were allegedly executed by Mladic’s soldiers during the Srebrenica massacre. Dr. Denisa Kostovicova, Balkans expert and Senior Lecturer at the London School of Economics discusses […]