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As Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to ‘criminal offense’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

As Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to ‘criminal offense’

Associated Press  

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The United States warned on Tuesday that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian Serb self-proclaimed national holiday — which included a parade of paramilitary and police troops — were in violation of Bosnia’s constitution and a 1995 peace agreement, and as such amounted to a criminal offense. The Jan. 9 holiday commemorates the day in 1992 when …

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Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on

Associated Press  

NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A solemn peace march started on Saturday through the forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometer march retraces a route taken by thousands of men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group, made up primarily of Muslims, who were slaughtered as they …

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Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has formally apologised to relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre, 27 years after some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian forces in a UN enclave guarded by Dutch troops. ‘We cannot take your pain away, but what we can do is look history straight in the eye.’ Fifty victims of the massacre, some of …

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Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has formally apologised to relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre, 27 years after some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian forces in a UN enclave guarded by Dutch troops. ‘We cannot take your pain away, but what we can do is look history straight in the eye.’ Fifty victims of the massacre, some of …

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Bosnian Serbs hold nationalist celebration despite ban, sanctions
2 years, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs hold nationalist celebration despite ban, sanctions

Al Jazeera  

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court has declared the holiday illegal as it discriminates against Muslim Bosniak and Catholic Croat communities. Bosnian Serbs have held public celebrations to mark their autonomous Serb Republic’s national holiday, defying a top court’s ban of the commemoration and US sanctions slapped on their leader Milorad Dodik this week. Al Jazeera’s Liljana Smiljanic, reporting from Banja Luka, Bosnia, …

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