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Thousands Mourn Srebrenica Massacre Victims, Criticize UNTens of thousands of people have commemorated the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War Two in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Survivors have expressed frustration over the United Nation's perceived failure to prevent the killing of more than 8,000 Muslims by Serb forces in July, 1995.
Göttingen/ Sarajevo/ Berne/ Vienna/ Berlin/ London: A monument and a call to action
Nevertheless, something more than the eloquent gesture of this symbolic "Monument of Shame" is called for. We are also demanding the demolition of the "Wall of Shame" built by the West to punish the victims, the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Recently, in accordance with the International Court of Justice verdict, Serbia adopted a Declaration condemning the Srebrenica crime, thus accepting its responsibility. This is an important step in acknowledging this crime, but it does not have full meaning without the arrest of Ratko Mladić.
ICTY: Two Verdicts for Srebrenica Genocide
The Hague Tribunal Chamber renders a first instance verdict, finding Vujadin Popovic and Ljubisa Beara guilty of genocide in Srebrenica and sentencing them to life imprisonment, also sentencing Drago Nikolic to 35 years in prison for having assisted in and supported the commission of genocide.
Letter of the Congress of North American Bosniaks and Bosniak American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina to The Honorable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
On July 11, 2010, families and friends of those killed will gather together to mourn the loss of loved ones. The representatives of the United States and European governments will be in attendance in Srebrenica on that day.
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Kenan Sahbaz and Vildana Omeragic
These two graduates were among the thousands of Bosnian refugees who came to St. Louis after the war. While many Bosnian children are enrolled at Bayless and other area schools, the class of 2010 may be the last with memories of the war and of living in Bosnia.
The Youth Forum of Stolac support Statment of Croatians Helsinki commitee for human rights
Before the war, Stolac Municipality had a population of 18,681: 8,101 (43.36%) Bosniacs/Muslims, 6,188 (33.12%) Croats/Catholics, 3,917 (20.96%) Serbs/Orthodox, 307 (1.64% Yugoslavs, and 168 (0.92%) others, undeclared or unknown.
Returns to Stolac Municipality were blocked for years after the war, and until 1998 the town was in-habited exclusively by Croats.
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Columns
THE DEAD BEAR WITNESS
By Robert ROPE & Albinot MALOKU
Jun 30, 2010 06:52 PM
THE EXECUTION OF PRISONERS AND REMOVAL OF BODIES
By Erna Mačkić, BIRN
Jun 22, 2010 03:43 PM
FLORENCE HARTMANN - FRIEND OF BOSNIA AND TRUTH
By Emir Ramić
Jun 03, 2010 03:22 AM
Interview
Dr. Marko ATTIL HOARE, historian and Reader at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University (London) and the winner of this year’s Congress of North American Bosniak’s Annual Award>
Autor: Mr. Haris Alibašić
I became interested in the history of Bosnia-Hercegovina after the war broke out there in 1992, and I wanted to understand why. Of course, the origins of the war lie in Serbian aggression and in all-Yugoslav developments, but I wanted to understand why the war took the form that it did in Bosnia, and I wanted to understand this war properly. When I arrived at Yale as a postgraduate student in 1994, I had to decide what topic to study for my PhD.
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Americans manufacture another nuclear crisis
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Afghan elections will be a farce
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