US EditionThousands March in Bosnia for the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, JUL 8 – Nearly 7,000 victims have been identified and buried while survivors continue to recover remains amid ongoing denial and nationalist tensions in the region, officials said.
- Thousands are marching in Bosnia for the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 men and boys were killed in 1995, one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II.
- Commemorations on July 10 include prayers at the Peace Garden and the raising of the Srebrenica flag, following the theme 'Remember Yesterday, Act Today.'
- The Srebrenica massacre has been recognized as genocide by various courts, convicting 54 individuals for related crimes leading to over 780 years in prison and five life sentences.
- Behija Rotic will lay her mother, Fata Bektic, to rest on July 11, carrying the pain from the massacre since 1995.
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St. Louis' Bosnian community marks 30 years since genocide
ST. LOUIS - Saturday marked a somber anniversary for a resilient group of people who have become a big part of the St. Louis community. Thirty years ago, more than 8,000 people were killed by at the hands of the Serbian army.The attack was later recognized as the Bosnian Genocide. It forced thousands of Bosnians to flee their country, and many settled in or around St. Louis. Tilden man accused in sexual abuse charges involving minors On Sa…
Thirty years ago, Bosnian-Serbian troops killed thousands of Muslims in the enclave of Srebrenica. Last year, the UN declared the date an international day of commemoration.
The President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, said today in Bosnia-Herzegovina that "there is no place in Europe and another part to refuse genocide", when the 30 years of Srebrenica massacre were signed.
In July 1995, in just eight days, nearly 10,000 people were killed. The world remained watching, starting with the UN blue helmets that were supposed to protect the Muslim enclave. The Serbian general Mladic, in prison since 2011, caressed the young before sending them underground.
The message of the head of state for the anniversary: in 1995 more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed
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