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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 …

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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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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 …

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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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Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Saturday to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to promote compassion and dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war. The gathering was organized by the center preserving memory of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust — the massacre in the closing months of Bosnia’s 1992-95 interethnic …

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Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors were accompanied by Polish Senate Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne. …

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Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

LA Times  

Holocaust survivors and relatives arrive for a ceremony at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Saturday. A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors were accompanied by …

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Pictures of the week: Djokovic, doctors and the Great Yorkshire Show
1 year, 5 months ago

Pictures of the week: Djokovic, doctors and the Great Yorkshire Show

The Independent  

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In Srebrenica, thousands gather to remember the 1995 massacre and bury the newly identified dead
1 year, 5 months ago

In Srebrenica, thousands gather to remember the 1995 massacre and bury the newly identified dead

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Tens of thousands of people from around Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica Tuesday for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 massacre and to give a dignified burial to the victims unearthed from mass graves and only recently identified through DNA analysis. Twenty-eight years after they were murdered in Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust, …

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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 …

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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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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 …

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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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Netherlands offers "deepest apologies" for Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands offers "deepest apologies" for Srebrenica massacre

NL Times  

The Dutch government offered its "deepest apologies" to the relatives of the thousands of Muslim men and boys massacred in Srebrenica in 1995. "The international community failed to protect the people of Srebrenica," Ollongren said. "As part of this community, the Dutch government shares political responsibility for the situation in which this failure could have happened." Ollongren can't imagine the …

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Dutchbat commander pleased with Cabinet's apology; Too late for him personally
2 years, 6 months ago

Dutchbat commander pleased with Cabinet's apology; Too late for him personally

NL Times  

Former Dutchbat commander Thom Karremans is pleased with Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s apologies to Dutchbat veterans on Saturday for the government’s actions regarding the fall of Srebrenica in 1995. Although the now off-duty colonel “didn’t expect him to actually do it.” “Over the past 27 years, there have been several moments when I thought: now they have to do it, …

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Dutch gov't apologizes for not supporting its soldiers after Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 6 months ago

Dutch gov't apologizes for not supporting its soldiers after Srebrenica massacre

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized to hundreds of Dutchbat veterans on Saturday for the government's actions regarding the fall of Srebrenica in 1995, during a "day of recognition and appreciation" at the Oranjekazerne in Schaarsbergen. In addition, Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren presented Dutchbat soldiers who were deployed to Srebrenica with a Bronze Medal of Honor. According to the Prime Minister, …

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Live Updates | Russians fight in streets of Ukrainian town
2 years, 8 months ago

Live Updates | Russians fight in streets of Ukrainian town

Associated Press  

KVIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian military official said street battles have begun and evacuation is impossible in the town of Kreminna. ___ KVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia has launched its long-feared, full-scale offensive to take control of Ukraine’s east, “Now we can already state that the Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbas,” he …

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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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Bosnia-Herzegovina's agony will be prolonged without Dayton reforms
2 years, 8 months ago

Bosnia-Herzegovina's agony will be prolonged without Dayton reforms

The Hindu  

Every year on April 6 the inhabitants of the Bosnian capital commemorate the Day of the City of Sarajevo. Most Bosnians had not believed that it would come to war — irrespective of whether they belonged to the approximately 44 per cent Muslim Bosniaks, the 17 per cent Catholic ethnic Croatians, the 31 per cent orthodox Christian ethnic Serbs or …

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