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Articles for Bosnians

Schrödinger’s genocide
9 months, 1 week ago

Schrödinger’s genocide

Al Jazeera  

Bosnians have experience with genocide. The genocide of my people was accompanied by the same rhetoric that Israeli officials now espouse: a genocidal army is the only thing standing between Europe and “Muslim barbarians”, they claim. In the case of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which the International Court of Justice has already characterised as a plausible genocide, we see …

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's mysterious 'stećci' stones
1 year, 7 months ago

Bosnia and Herzegovina's mysterious 'stećci' stones

BBC  

Bosnia and Herzegovina's mysterious 'stećci' stones stu.dio/Alamy Bosnia and Herzegovina's mysterious 'stećci' stones More than 60,000 vividly rendered tombstones dot the nation's countryside and offer a fascinating glimpse of medieval life in the region. Davor Vukovic/Alamy Roughly 60,000 medieval stone monuments depicting daily life lay scattered across Bosnia Some stećci have Cyrillic inscriptions containing information about the deceased, as well …

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Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia — Regardless of how the Russian war in Ukraine ends, getting justice for human rights abuses suffered during the conflict will inevitably be a long and painful process for those who survive to tell of the atrocities they witnessed. Subasic, along with dozens of others, testified before the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, helping put behind …

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Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice

LA Times  

A gravestone in memory of victims of the Srebrenica massacre is seen at the Potocari memorial center near Srebrenica, Bosnia in 2011. Subasic, along with dozens of others, testified before the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, helping put behind bars close to 50 Bosnian Serb wartime officials, collectively sentenced to over 700 years in prison. “It is very …

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Bosnians relive past war trauma as Russia invades Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Bosnians relive past war trauma as Russia invades Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

For those who survived the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, the war in Ukraine feels too familiar. “When a child goes through a war trauma, they experience things in a different manner,” explains Selma Bacevac, a psychotherapist focusing on the Balkans who is based in Florida in the United States. child doesn’t remember the time when things were peaceful, nor does …

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St Louis: The US city transformed by heartbreak
2 years, 11 months ago

St Louis: The US city transformed by heartbreak

BBC  

St Louis: The US city transformed by heartbreak Boasting the US' largest Bosnian population, St Louis, Missouri, has been shaped by the subtle but abundant influence of a community not found in such numbers outside Europe. Many Bosnians settled in Bevo Mill so that they could be closer to the International Institute, an immigrant support organisation that, along with Catholic …

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Bosnians worried push to create Serb army may prompt violence
3 years, 1 month ago

Bosnians worried push to create Serb army may prompt violence

Al Jazeera  

If nothing is done to curb Serb president’s push for secession of Republika Srpska entity, Bosnians fear another round of violence could ensue. In July 1995, Serb forces killed the 35-year-old’s father, both grandfathers, four uncles and other relatives during the genocide in Srebrenica, which had been declared a United Nations “safe area”. Last week, Dodik announced Republika Srpska would …

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Bosnia: 25 years since Dayton Accords, divisive politics live on
4 years, 1 month ago

Bosnia: 25 years since Dayton Accords, divisive politics live on

Al Jazeera  

Bosnia’s Serb-run entity Republika Srpska could ‘very possibly attempt to secede’ sometime in the future, analysts say. While halting the war brought much-needed relief for Bosnians, the agreement was still widely viewed as legitimising war crimes as “Greater Serbia” sympathisers, accused of mass killings, were presented with 49 percent of the country with the Republika Srpska entity. “Bosnia’s situation is …

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Pandemic heaps new fears and trauma on war-scarred Bosnians
4 years, 1 month ago

Pandemic heaps new fears and trauma on war-scarred Bosnians

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Memories of the Bosnian War are shaping Zdenka Sutalo’s perception of the coronavirus. “The war was my most difficult experience in life,” she said after a recent therapy session that included painting pinecones and exercising in a Sarajevo park with others. “As for the pandemic, the world survived plague and cholera and those are now just water …

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