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Srebrenica Genocide, 8000 Victims: International Tribunal Facts & Evidence (The First Genocide in Europe Since World War II)

VICTIMS ↓ SURVIVORS ↓ BACKGROUND (SIEGE OF SREBRENICA): More than three years before the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, Bosnian Serb nationalists – with the logistical, moral and financial support of Serbia and the Yugoslav People’s Army – destroyed 296 predominantly Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) … Continue reading

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Bosniak Woman Key to Classifying Rape Under International Law as a War Crime

By AIDA CERKEZ (AP) PRIJEDOR, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA — There were days when she prayed for a bullet to end her suffering. When she thought she was dying of a heart attack, she whispered “Thank you God.” A young judge, Nusreta Sivac … Continue reading

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NO JUSTICE FOR 35,000 BOSNIAK VICTIMS OF MASS RAPE

By Maja Zuvela TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina REUTERS — Fika was 15 years old, and her sister 17, when they were captured and repeatedly raped by Bosnian Serb soldiers who swept through eastern Bosnia early in the country’s 1992-95 war. “We were … Continue reading

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Zvornik Genocide: Serb Testifies Against Radovan Karadzic at the Hague

The trial of Radovan Karadzic continued with the evidence of a Serb from Zvornik. In his statement to the OTP investigators, the witness described how the Serb forces attacked Zvornik, how Bosniaks were detained and the mass murders that took place at … Continue reading

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Court: Šešelj’s Serbs Killed Babies & Pregnant Women, Carved Muslim Bodies with Crosses

The prosecutors contend that they have proven the responsibility of the Serbian Radicals’ leader for ‘cruel crimes’ against civilians in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The crimes include the murder of children and newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly and the … Continue reading

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Republika Srpska: Incapable of Guilt, Capable of ‘Forgiveness’

Author: Ivan Šarcevic Bosnian Institute, U.K.  Searing indictment by the editor of the Bosnian Franciscan journal Svjetlo Rijeci of the participation of Bosnian Croat political and religious leaders in an RS ‘jubilee’. [The Republika Srpska Jubilee On 9 January 2012 … Continue reading

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Evening with two Holocaust and Bosnian Genocide Survivors in Peabody

Evening with two genocide survivors planned in Peabody Marblehead Staff Reporter Peabody — The public is invited to hear eyewitness accounts from Stephan Lewy, a Holocaust survivor and liberator, and Jasmina Cesic, a Bosnian genocide survivor, from 6:30 to 8 … Continue reading

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Nationalism: Is Bosnian Serb Leader Milorad Dodik Opportunistic or Committed Nationalist?

Bosnian Serb Leader Opportunistic or Committed Nationalist? What may have begun as vote-winning tactic now dominates Milorad Dodik president’s outlook. By Maja Bjelajac [reprinted with kind permission from IWPR] Institute for War and Peace Reporting During the Bosnian war and … Continue reading

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Robert Block: Systematic Murder of 8000 in Srebrenica No Secret in Serbia or Bosnia

War reporter from the London newspaper The Independent is testifying at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. After seeing videos made by Zoran Petrovic Pirocanac, the witness published an article about the ‘horror in Srebrenica’ on 17 July 1995. The airing … Continue reading

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Serbs Told “All Balijas Must Be Killed”, Annihilation of Srebrenica Men & Boys

SENSE Tribunal / BIRN  / Hague Tribunal– Former Serbian security officer in the Bratunac Brigade is testifying at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. As the witness said, the fate of the citizens of Srebrenica had already been decided before the … Continue reading

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Serbian Soldier Sentenced to 31 Years for Srebrenica Genocide

SARAJEVO (Tanjug) — The Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina sentenced Radomir Vuković to 31 years in prison for aiding the committing of genocide in Srebrenica. Zoran Tomić was acquitted. The final ruling of the court found Vuković guilty … Continue reading

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Serbian Security Officer: Intention in Srebrenica was to Kill All Boys and Men

BIRN — Continuing his testimony at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, Momir Nikolic, former Serb officer with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, says that, two days after the fall of Srebrenica, July 13, 1995, it was known that the captured … Continue reading

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Serb Officer in Srebrenica: “All Balijas Must Be Killed!”

SENSE Tribunal — Former [Serbian] security officer in the Bratunac Brigade is testifying at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. As the witness said, the fate of the citizens of Srebrenica had already been decided before the third meeting in the … Continue reading

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DNA: 160 Victims of Bosnian Genocide from Lake Perucac Identified

SARAJEVO — Identity of 162 victims of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, whose remains were found in Lake Perućac, has been determined. BETA — A preliminary identity of 162 persons, including ten children, has been determined based on DNA profiles, the … Continue reading

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Number of Dead Civilians in Bosnian War: 33000 Bosniaks v. 4000 Serbs

(Notes added as an explanations of ‘bigger picture’, because numbers don’t tell a full story) Around 98,000 victims of Bosnian war registered so far BANJA LUKA (TANJUG) — The Research and Documentation Centre (IDC) of Bosnia-Herzegovina has registered around 98,000 … Continue reading

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Years of Hunger and Death in Srebrenica, 1992 – 1995.

SENSE Tribunal – Mirsada Malagic testified today at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. After the fall of the Srebrenica enclave, Malagic’s husband, two sons and several other relatives were killed. Karadzic tried to blame the killings in Srebrenica on the … Continue reading

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Facts: 50,000 Women and Girls Raped in Bosnia

Violence against women during conflict has reached epidemic proportions. Mass rape is frequently used systematically, as a weapon of war. During conflict women are physically and economically forced to become prostitutes, sometimes in order to secure the basic necessities for … Continue reading

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Visegrad: Trial for Serb War Crimes to Start 20 January 2012

BIRN — The trial of Oliver Krsmanovic [Serb] for war crimes in Visegrad is due to begin on January 20 with presentation of introductory arguments and examination of the first Prosecution witness. The State Prosecution explained that it would invite … Continue reading

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Female Serb War Criminals, “She Looked Like a Little Girl”

While war-crime victims recall women as carrying out some of the vilest deeds in the whole of the Bosnian war, the courts seem curiously relucant to act. By Merima Husejnovic Balkan Insight Among the most infamous women war criminals from … Continue reading

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Mladić Oversaw Orahovac Massacre of 1000 Unarmed Bosniak Prisoners

In his evidence at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, a witness testifying under the pseudonym KDZ 039 described the three days he spent in detention in Potocari and Bratunac and an execution in Orahovac on 14 July 1995. The indictment … Continue reading

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Serb Destruction of National Library of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo

On August 25, 1992 Serb shelling during the Siege of Sarajevo caused the complete destruction of the library; among the losses were about 700 manuscripts and incunabula and a unique collection of Bosniak serial publications, some from the middle of … Continue reading

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Serb Destruction of the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo

The Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, its premises, research library and complete manuscript collection (more than 2,000 codices and 15,000 other archival material) was deliberately destroyed in shelling on May 18, 1992 by Serbian forces around the besieged city of Sarajevo. … Continue reading

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Brown: Serbs Herded Bosniaks in “Cattle Trucks” for Deportation

BIRN — On the second day of presentation of his findings and opinion at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, Prosecution military expert witness Ewan Brown says that the Republika Srpska Army, VRS forcibly relocated thousands of non-Serbs from Bosnian Krajina … Continue reading

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Gen. Zivanovic “There Is No Life for Turks” in Srebrenica

Life in Srebrenica is ghastly a year after ethnic slaughter The New Mexican, p. A8 12 July 1996. SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — One year after Bosnian Serbs captured this former Bosniak enclave, slaughtering thousands to create an ethnically pure city, Srebrenica … Continue reading

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Franc Kos Testifies: Vujadin Popovic Ordered Massacre of Bosniak Men and Boys from Srebrenica

BIRN — At the trial for genocide in Srebrenica, indictee Franc Kos says that an officer, whose name, as he found out later on, was Vujadin Popovic, said that the prisoners, who were brought to Branjevo military farm, should be … Continue reading

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