A UN resolution on the Srebrenica genocide ignites old tensions
7 months, 1 week ago

A UN resolution on the Srebrenica genocide ignites old tensions

Al Jazeera  

Leaders from Serbia and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska have been campaigning against the adoption of a UN resolution commemorating the Srebrenica genocide. The resolution condemns “any denial of the Srebrenica genocide” and actions that glorify those convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, and a regular denier of the Srebrenica genocide, said the resolution consists of “provocations from Bosniak politicians and their sponsors from the West”, who have “the goal of satanising the Serb people”. Nevenka Tromp, lecturer in East European studies at the University of Amsterdam told Al Jazeera that with the resolution’s adoption, “Bosnia could sue Serbia again for genocide”.

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Remains of 14 Srebrenica victims buried 29 years after genocide
5 months, 1 week ago

Remains of 14 Srebrenica victims buried 29 years after genocide

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of people commemorate the 1995 genocide two months after the UN created an annual day of remembrance. The remains of 14 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been laid to rest as thousands of people commemorate the anniversary two months after the United Nations established an annual day of remembrance. Mirza Basic, a genocide …

UN approves resolution to commemorate 1995 Srebrenica genocide
7 months ago

UN approves resolution to commemorate 1995 Srebrenica genocide

Al Jazeera  

General Assembly votes to create memorial day despite fierce opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. In a letter sent Sunday to all UN delegations, Serbian charge d’affaires Sasa Mart warned that raising “historically …

U.N. resolution to commemorate Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia sparks opposition from Serbs
7 months, 1 week ago

U.N. resolution to commemorate Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia sparks opposition from Serbs

The Hindu  

A U.N. resolution The U.N. General Assembly has scheduled a debate on the resolution on the morning of May 23 to be followed by a vote in the 193-member world body. Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic as well as the Bosnian Serb leadership have vehemently opposed the adoption of the Srebrenica resolution, saying it brands all Serbs as a “genocidal …

Hungary will vote against U.N. resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide in Bosnia, minister says
7 months, 1 week ago

Hungary will vote against U.N. resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide in Bosnia, minister says

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary will vote against a United Nations resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, arguing that it would inflame tensions in the Balkan country and the surrounding region. On Wednesday, Szijjártó said Hungary would vote against the planned U.N. resolution on the genocide — which he called the …

Jews and Muslims come together on Srebrenica genocide anniversary
1 year, 5 months ago

Jews and Muslims come together on Srebrenica genocide anniversary

LA Times  

Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Michael J. Murphy kneels next to coffins containing remains of 30 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre in Potocari, Bosnia, on Monday. Jews and Muslims came together on Monday in Bosnia on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust, to talk about ways of …

Thousands in Bosnia commemorate 1995 Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 5 months ago

Thousands in Bosnia commemorate 1995 Srebrenica massacre

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Fifty newly identified victims were honored and reburied Monday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust. Ademovic found her husband’s partial remains and reburied him years ago but said she “must be in Srebrenica every July 11.” “It is easier when you have …

Bosnia’s peace envoy imposes ban on genocide denial
3 years, 5 months ago

Bosnia’s peace envoy imposes ban on genocide denial

Al Jazeera  

Valentin Inzko has set jail terms for anyone who ‘publicly condones, denies, grossly trivialises or tries to justify’ the genocide in Srebrenica or war crimes committed in Bosnia. Inzko set the jail terms for anyone who “publicly condones, denies, grossly trivialises or tries to justify” the genocide or war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 international armed conflict. ‘Serbs must never …

Srebrenica genocide survivor: ‘It will happen to us again’
3 years, 5 months ago

Srebrenica genocide survivor: ‘It will happen to us again’

Al Jazeera  

With genocide denial rife in the region, a Bosniak survivor of the atrocities in Srebrenica fears future killings. Survivors of the Srebrenica genocide, in which Serb forces systematically killed more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys over several days, have marked the 26th anniversary of the killings. The genocide When the “safe area” of Srebrenica fell to Serb forces …

Survivors mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 in Bosnia
4 years, 5 months ago

Survivors mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 in Bosnia

LA Times  

Women lean on a gravestone in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Saturday. Joined virtually by world leaders, the survivors of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 1995 Srebrenica massacre on Saturday remembered the victims of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II and warned of the perpetrators’ persistent refusal to fully acknowledge their responsibility. Judge Carmel Agius, president of the U.N. court that is …

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