An exhibition titled “Breaking Free”, hosted by the “Forgotten Children of War” association – focusing on the stigmatized children of the 1992-5 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina – will open at the Cultural Centre in Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia, on Saturday.
Responsible for Genocide
The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Netherlands was partially liable for the deaths of around 350 Bosniak men who were handed over to Bosnian Serb Army troops on July 13, 1995 by the UN’s Dutch Battalion of peacekeepers, based near Srebrenica, and later killed.
The three ethnic groups were clashing with each other, even Bosnian Serbs were trying to cleanse the Bosniaks who are the only ethnic Muslims in that heart-shaped country. Genocide seems to have been prepared systematically for Bosniaks and ethnic Croats who were side with Bosniaks.
WJC - Jewish Diplomatic Corps
The largest bloodbath in Europe since WWII began on this day 24 years ago. It became known as the Srebrenica massacre. Over 8,000 men and boys were murdered for one reason only: They were Bosnian Muslims. And the world sat idly by.
The United States of America
The United States remains a steadfast partner of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today, as we remember the fallen, we reaffirm our commitment to building peace and prosperity throughout the region and to ensuring such a tragedy can never happen again.
La riconciliazione è basata su tre cose fondamentali: verità, giustizia e confessione. Perché le vittime del genocidio possano perdonare i responsabili del genocidio, essi devono venire e dire: ho fatto un errore, mi dispiace, chiedo perdono e mi impegno a non ripeterlo mai più in futuro. In Bosnia Erzegovina, riguardo al genocidio in Srebrenica, non c’è stata “guarigione”.
Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state, as well as the citizens' awareness of its statehood, has outlived much bigger and more dangerous attempts to deny it. BiH will survive because majority of its citizens consider it their only homeland. I'm more concerned about how it will turn out, how it will be governed and how attractive it will be to future generations.