Tag Archives: Bosnian Genocide

Serb-organized UN Debate: A Thinly Veiled Serbian Propaganda

Serbian-organized UN Debate: “Role of International Criminal Justice in Reconciliation” is a thinly veiled Serbian propaganda Judge Theodor Meron Criticizes Serbian-Organized UN Debate RFEL/RL (April 4, 2013)– The president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has criticized a … Continue reading

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Montenegrin Serb Warlord Jailed 45 Years for Reign of Terror During Sarajevo Siege

Veselin “Batko” Vlahovic has been jailed for 45 years for inflicting a reign of terror on Sarajevo civilians while fighting for Serbs. Vlahovic was the commander of a paramilitary unit that went from house to house looking for Muslims and … Continue reading

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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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Siege of Sarajevo: The Longest Siege of a Capital City in the History of Modern Warfare

The Siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. The siege lasted from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 during the Bosnian Genocide. During the siege, Serb forces killed 11,541 residents, … Continue reading

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101,040 Victims of Bosnian War (1992-95) Compiled in a Book

Roughly half the dead were civilians, while 82 percent of those were Bosnian Muslims (known as Bosniaks). Some 10,000 women were killed, again the majority Bosniaks. Of 24,000 Serb dead, 20,000 were soldiers. Published last month, war crimes researchers say … Continue reading

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UN Apologizes for Militant Fascist Serbian Song at UN Concert

UN apologizes for ovation given to Serb militant song “March on the Drina” at UN concert UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations apologized Thursday for the ovation given to a militant Serb nationalist song performed at a concert honoring Serbia’s … 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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Serbs Raped me, My 7 year old Daughter, 13 year old Son

BIRN — Testifying at the trial of Ratko Mladic before the International Tribunal at The Hague, protected witness RM-081 describes crimes against Bosniak civilians from Rogatica committed by Serb forces in a school building in that town in the summer … Continue reading

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Ethnic Cleansing: Mass Rape of Bosniak Women in Visegrad’s Babin Potok

Written by: Albina Sorguc BIRN — “He took me into the house and stripped me naked. He started hitting me. I cried and he grabbed my head and hit it against the wall. He took me into the room upstairs … Continue reading

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Massacre: 1200 Bosniak Civilians Killed in Serbian Attack on Kozarac

Witness: Serb army reduced the number of killed Bosniaks in the attack on Kozarac ten times. The Institute for War Crimes in Sarajevo had established that 2,000 Bosniak civilians were killed in the wider region around Kozarac, of which 800 … Continue reading

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First Day of Genocide: Bijeljina Massacre, 31 March 1992.

The Bijeljina massacre refers to the killings of thousands of Bosniak civilians by the Serbian military and paramilitary groups, chiefly Arkan’s Tigers, during the first months of the Bosnian Genocide in 1992. Arkan’s Tigers, who enjoyed full logistical and military … Continue reading

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Photos of Living Skeletons in the Trnopolje Concentration Camp

The Trnopolje concentration camp was established by Bosnian Serb military and police authorities in the village of Trnopolje near the city of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first months of the Bosnian Genocide. The camp kept a … Continue reading

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Photography: Blood of Innocence in Sarajevo under the Siege

The Siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. It was arguably one of the worst episodes of the 1992-95 Bosnian Genocide.  Serb forces besieged Sarajevo from 5 April 1992 to 29 … Continue reading

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Photos of Genocide in Brcko: Ruthless Inhumanity of Mass Killings

Thousands of Bosniak civilians were tortured, confined, raped and/or killed in Brcko during the 1992 Bosnian Genocide. Here are some photos that best demonstrate the brutality of deliberate, ruthless, and systematic executions coupled with vicious mass rape of women and … Continue reading

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Inside & Outside View of the Manjaca Concentration Camp (Select Photographs)

Approximately 2000 Bosniaks were killed or missing in connection with the atrocities and at Manjaca concentration camp. The camp was founded by the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) and the Bosnian Serb authorities and was surrounded by  barbed wire and explosives (mines) … Continue reading

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Genocide in Foča: Selective ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Eastern Bosnia

Foča was Genocide: In a 1997 judgement against  the Serb commander Novislav Djajić, the Bavarian Appeals Chamber ruled that the killings in the Bosnian municipality of Foča in which he was involved in June 1992 constituted acts of Genocide. The above aerial photo … Continue reading

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12 April 1993: Srebrenica Children Massacre (200 Killed and Injured)

The Srebrenica Children Massacre refers to the killing of at least 70 children among the victims when the elementary school in Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, was shelled by the Bosnian Serb Army on 12 April 1993. The memorial plague indicates “more … Continue reading

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Photos of Srebrenica: From Mass Murder to Genocide (1992-1995)

PHOTO #1: Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces killed more than 3,000 Bosniak (Muslim) women, children and elderly around Srebrenica. The killings continued from April 1992 and up until the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 when … Continue reading

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Omarska Concentration Camp, Bosnia (Selected Photographs)

The Omarska was another Serb-run concentration camp near Prijedor, one of seven municipalities where genocide had taken place between 1992-1995 Bosnian war, according to the International Criminal Tribunal at the Hague. Thousands of Bosniak civilians were detained, tortured, raped, and … Continue reading

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Keraterm Concentration Camp, Bosnia (Selected Photographs)

Bosnian Genocide has legal backing: In Prosecutor v Slobodan Milosevic, the International Criminal Tribunal rejected “motion for judgment of acquittal” and concluded that Genocide occurred in seven Bosnian municipalities, including Prijedor where Keraterm concentration camp was located. On 16 June … Continue reading

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Exploring Tito’s Cold War Nuclear Bunker in Bosnia

Information for visitors: Visits are by appointment only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: you cannot access it on your own, but as part of organised tours from the Tourist Office of Konjic. Tel: +387 61726030 The secrets of one of … Continue reading

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In Milosevic Trial, Bosnian Genocide Proven in 7 Municipalities

According to Dr. Marko Hoare, who worked for the International Criminal Tribunal as a researcher, decision to acquit Radovan Karadzic on 1 count of genocide is contradictory, because earlier decision in Milosevic trial proved genocide occurred in 7 Bosnian municipalities. … Continue reading

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Radovan Karadzic Cleared of 1 of 2 Bosnian Genocide Counts

ICTY — Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today dismissed Radovan Karadžić’s oral motion for a judgement of acquittal on ten counts of the indictment but granted his motion in relation to count one … Continue reading

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Serbs Sentenced to 69 Years in Prison for Mass Killing of 200 at Koricanske Cliff Massacre

Sasa Zecevic, Radoslav Knezevic and Marinko Ljepoja were found guilty of committing crimes against humanity for taking part in the killings of Bosniaks and Croats from the northwestern town of Prijedor, judge Vesna Jesenkovic said. The mass killings on Mount … Continue reading

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