Mladic verdict reveals Bosnia's divisions, lack of reconciliation

A Bosnian Muslim woman touches a gravestone at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

SREBRENICA (Reuters) - Survivors and relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday after U.N. war crimes judges upheld the genocide conviction and life sentence of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic.

"We have been anxious about what will happen for the past month but we are pleased. Thank God it's over," said Mida Osmanovic, after watching with other women a public broadcast of the court's verdict at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre.