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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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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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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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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-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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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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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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Bosniaks in Montenegro live in ‘fear, anxiety’ following election
4 years, 3 months ago

Bosniaks in Montenegro live in ‘fear, anxiety’ following election

Al Jazeera  

Bosniak minority has been targeted in series of attacks after election ends in a new majority dominated by nationalists. Threats of genocide On Tuesday, unknown assailants broke the windows of the Islamic community’s local office in Pljevlja and left a note reading: “Plevlja will be Srebrenica”, referring to the genocide against Bosniaks committed by Serb forces in July 1995 in …

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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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Scenes from hell: 1995 Srebrenica genocide in photos
4 years, 5 months ago

Scenes from hell: 1995 Srebrenica genocide in photos

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s been 25 years since the slaughter of men and boys in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, but every year more bodies are found and reburied, and every year the survivors — mostly women — return to commemorate their fathers and brothers, husbands and sons. At least 8,000 mostly Muslim men and boys were chased through …

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