If Europe had recognised the genocide in Bosnia in real time in 1992 - and acted on it - the 8,300+ who were massacred in July 1995 would be alive today.
Now, 30+ years on, Europe is repeating its errors of the past in Gaza, where civilians continue to be killed on a daily basis
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Let us not forget that it was Europe and the US that ensured Bosnia was placed under an arms embargo, leaving them entirely defenceless against a genocidal aggressor.
Let us not forget how Europe stood idly by even when they had proof genocide was being committed.
Today, on the 31st anniversary, we remember Srebrenica.
On 11 July 1995, 8,372 men and boys were murdered simply for who they were.
Fathers, sons, brothers.
Their lives were stolen, but their memory lives on - in the silence of graves, in the strength of survivors, the generations since who have rebuilt and remembered, and in our promise to never forget.
We remember their stories and know that when we listen, when we learn, when we speak out, we too say: We Are Here.
And together we say: never again means never again.
#Srebrenica31 #Srebrenica #SrebrenicaGenocide #RememberingSrebrenica
Some victims are buried 30 years after they were murdered.
Not because they died yesterday.
Because their families waited decades for enough of their remains to be found.
Never forget #Srebrenica.
"My name is Hasan Hasanović. Today, I stand before you as a survivor of the Srebrenica genocide and as a representative of the Srebrenica Memorial Centre."
Today, on July 11, we observe the global day of commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide, perpetrated by Belgrade’s proxy Serb nationalist forces in July 1995.
Myself and many other Bosnian scholars and activists, and above all the team at the @SrebrenicaMC, have written extensively on the subject. As such allow me only a few brief points:
1. The Srebrenica Genocide was only one of the final, most horrific episodes of a broader Bosnian Genocide, perpetrated by said Serb nationalist forces between 1992 and 1995 against the country’s majority Bosniak community.
2. It is necessary to mourn and commemorate July 11 but in terms of contemporary Bosnian politics it is certainly not sufficient. The fundamental question raised by the Bosnian Genocide is the future of Bosnia, its sectarian constitutional regime, and the matter of reversing the political and social consequences of the genocide. Anyone unwilling to seriously engage with that question is not serious about genuinely mourning the victims of the genocide either.
3. The politics which animated the Bosnian Genocide remain active, indeed ascendant, in particular since 2024. Truly honoring the victims of Srebrenica and Bosnia means speaking clearly and directly about sanctions against the secessionist regime in Banja Luka, and other meaningful punitive measures against Dodik and his clique, including his broader network of allies in Belgrade, Moscow, Zagreb, and elsewhere.
The rest is but deafening silence.
The last act of open genocide in Europe that people still don't know about.
31 years ago over 8000 Bosnians, mainly men and boys, were mercilessly slaughtered in what was supposed to be a UN-designated “safe area”. Today the international community is still failing to protect the lives of the innocent.
Photo: Ron Haviv
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July 11, 1995
Today, we remember the 8,372 Bosniak men and boys murdered in the genocide at Srebrenica.
They were not statistics.
They had names. Families. Dreams. Futures that were stolen.
More than three decades later, mothers are still burying sons whose remains continue to be identified from mass graves. Some families have waited decades simply to lay a few recovered bones to rest.
Memory is not vengeance.
Memory is justice.
Memory is the promise that those who were murdered will never be erased, and that those who survived will never stand alone.
We remember because forgetting is the final victory of genocide.
We remember because denial is its final chapter.
Today, Bosnia stands still.
We say their names.
We carry their memory.
Never forgotten. Never denied.
Srebrenica. 11 July 1995.
#Srebrenica #NeverForget #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #RememberSrebrenica #Genocide #History #BosnianHistory
Tomorrow, the remains of 10 victims of the Bosnian Genocide in Srebrenica will finally be laid to rest, 31 years after they were murdered.
Among them is Nuko Nukić, a disabled man who was both deaf and mute. He posed no threat to anyone, yet he was deliberately killed.
Rather than reading the (frankly, pathetic) comments on our earlier post, find out more about the incredible Sables Shamrocks story via the link below…
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Carol Nolan TD (Independent, Offaly) has shamefully voted AGAINST proposed bans on cruel hare coursing and fox hunting in Ireland https://t.co/GMbGqvam6l #Ireland#AnimalCruelty#Shame
Alajbegovic’s screamer of a goal. Mahmic’s two goals the minute he started to play in two different games. The ferocity of the fans. Americans being out-sung & out-cheered by 10,000 Bosnians in the stands. The fans repping Palestine & BiH at every game with passion & love. 🇧🇦