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It is not ‘ethnic cleansing’, it is genocide
6 months, 3 weeks ago

It is not ‘ethnic cleansing’, it is genocide

Al Jazeera  

The term was invented by Serb genocidaires trying to cover up their crimes in the Bosnian war. The United Nations accepted the term “ethnic cleansing” in 1994, describing it as a method used to commit crimes against humanity and war crimes, leading to genocide. Gregory Stanton, the founder of Genocide Watch, defines “ethnic cleansing” as a “euphemism for genocidal practices” …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Thousands of Bosnian Serbs attend rally denying genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995
8 months ago

Thousands of Bosnian Serbs attend rally denying genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995

Associated Press  

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Thousands of Bosnian Serbs rallied on Thursday denying that genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995 despite rulings to the contrary by two United Nations courts. Srebrenica was a “mistake” and a “huge crime,” Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik told the crowd at the rally in the northwestern town of Banja Luka that is the …

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Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence
1 year, 2 months ago

Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence

Al Jazeera  

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Albin Kurti says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic aims to create ‘another Republika Srpska’ in Kosovo by attempting to start a conflict. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic planned and ordered an attack in northern Kosovo “to destabilise” the country with the goal of starting a war. But I think they …

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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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Bosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat
2 years, 11 months ago

Bosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — He was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist “breath of fresh air” in the murderous, genocide-scarred Balkan morass of ethnically divided Bosnia. The 63-year-old political science graduate first came to prominence in 1998, as a moderate reformist narrowly elected regional prime minister of Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia’s two postwar administrative units. He notoriously defended the …

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Why Bosnia’s ban on genocide denial was a necessity
3 years, 4 months ago

Why Bosnia’s ban on genocide denial was a necessity

Al Jazeera  

On July 23, the Office of the High Representative, the top international body overseeing the implementation of the peace agreement that ended Bosnia’s war, criminalised the denial and glorification of genocide in the country. Republika Srpska parliament’s aggressive, united and unapologetic rejection of the legal changes introduced by Inzko demonstrated clearly why criminalisation of genocide denial was an urgent necessity …

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Bosnian Serbs threaten to block country's major institutions
3 years, 4 months ago

Bosnian Serbs threaten to block country's major institutions

The Hindu  

Bosnian Serb political representatives on July 26 announced that they would boycott decision-making institutions in the divided country. Branislav Borenovic, one of the opposition leaders the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska in the north and east of the country, announced the planned boycott on July 26. Following a meeting of Bosnian Serb politicians, Borenovic announced that Serb representatives would boycott …

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Bosnian Serbs to boycott country’s central institutions
3 years, 4 months ago

Bosnian Serbs to boycott country’s central institutions

Al Jazeera  

Serb representatives to block all major institutions in Bosnia for recent genocide denial ban imposed by UN high representative. Bosnian Serb representatives have announced a boycott of all major institutions in the divided country – effectively blocking them – outraged about the decision of a UN representative to ban genocide denial. Inzko imposed amendments to Bosnia’s criminal code to prohibit …

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Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide
3 years, 5 months ago

Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The top international official in Bosnia on Friday outlawed denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia’s Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide. “Hate speech, the glorification of war criminals and revisionism or outright denial of genocide and war crimes prevent societies …

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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 …

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Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke
3 years, 7 months ago

Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke

The Independent  

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Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke
3 years, 7 months ago

Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Sunday honored 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist views over Serbia’s nationalist policies and Serb war crimes during the 1990s wars in the Balkans. The Austrian novelist and screenwriter received a state decoration from Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic, a former ultranationalist who now says he wants his country …

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25 years on: A look at Europe’s only post-WWII genocide
4 years, 5 months ago

25 years on: A look at Europe’s only post-WWII genocide

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia on Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the country’s worst carnage during the 1992-95 war and the only crime in Europe since World War II that has been declared a genocide. The brutal execution of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb troops is being commemorated in a series …

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