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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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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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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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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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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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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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31 May Marks White Armband Day Worldwide, the Prijedor Genocide

On 31 May 1992, the Bosnian Serb authorities in Prijedor, a town in north western Bosnia and Herzegovina, issued a decree for all non-Serbs to mark their houses with white flags or sheets and to wear a white armband if … Continue reading

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Bosnian Genocide in the Village of Kozarac (Prijedor)

A Bosniak girl stands in front of a monument with the names of 1,226 victims of the Prijedor Genocide killed in the summer of 1992 at the beginning of the Bosnian war, during a ceremony to mark the 19th anniversary … Continue reading

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Omarska, post-World War II concentration camp in Bosnia

By Peter W. Van Arsdale Today there are few visible signs that one of the world’s most ominous post-World War II concentration camps once existed in the hills east of Prijedor. A mid-sized industrial town, Prijedor is located in the … Continue reading

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Bosniak Man Begged for Dignified Death at Omarska Camp

Serb Torture Center Depicted Toledo Blade, p.2 25 May 1996. THE HAGUE (AP) — A Bosniak described yesterday how he pleaded with a Serb interrogators for a dignified death after seeing another prisoner’s brains splattered across a cell wall. Mevludin … Continue reading

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