Bosnia Marks Srebrenica Massacre
- Bosnia and Herzegovina commemorated the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide by burying 50 newly identified victims at a memorial service in Potocari, eastern Bosnia.
- The total number of burials at the cemetery has now reached 6,721, including victims aged from 16 to 59.
- World leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, emphasized the importance of remembering the genocide and supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina's future.
- Relatives continue to search for the remains of over 1,000 victims, as about 7,000 have been identified since the massacre in 1995.
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As the painful commemorations of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnians by Serbian forces approached, forgetfulness and nationalist pushes continued to threaten the peace of 1995.
July marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide, the worst war crime since World War II. The brutal killings left deep wounds, and the city seems to have died with the dead. Yet despite all this, despite the clear evidence of the unimaginable massacre, there is still a denial of the genocide, which hurts the survivors and relatives of the victims to the core of their souls every day.
Bosnia marks Srebrenica massacre
Three decades after the Srebrenica genocide, relatives are still looking for and burying the remains of more than 8,000 men and boys killed by Bosnian Serb forces, revealing the painful scars cut deep into the country. On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces stormed the Muslim enclave of more than 40,000 people in eastern Bosnia. At the time, it was a "UN protected zone" — an ultimately hollow phrase meant to shield the many displaced people who h…
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