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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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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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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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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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Elie Wiesel: Bosnia Not Auschwitz, but Genocide

INTRO: In November 1992, concerned about the continuous reports about mass killing emanating from the former Yugoslavia, Elie Wiesel (b. 1928), survivor of the Holocaust/Shoah, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and committed human rights activist, traveled to Belgrade, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, … Continue reading

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Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic Vowed to Slit Jewish Throats

(Text provided by our friends at the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia) David L. Phillips, former executive director of the Holocaust survivor’s Elie Wiesel Foundation, was an adviser to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-94. He is currently Director of … Continue reading

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Dangerous lies that spread from Auschwitz to Srebrenica

The facts of the genocidal assault on Bosnia’s Muslims are so horrific that a cottage industry of denial has since grown up. You will find websites claiming that the number of victims of the Srebrenica massacre has been exaggerated, and … Continue reading

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Two Suspects in the Bosnian Genocide Jailed over 1,000 Killings

Prosecutors say police have detained two men suspected of involvement in the killing of some 1,000 male Muslim Bosniak residents of Srebrenica at the end of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. A statement from the prosecutor’s office said Thursday that former Bosnian … Continue reading

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State of Michigan Adopts 2nd Bosnian Genocide Resolution (2012)

We thank the Congress of North American Bosniaks for another round of successful advocacy & lobbying efforts. The State of Michigan Senators and Representatives adopted the Senate Resolution SR 161 of 2012 and HR 295 of 2012 respectively, proclaiming July 11, 2012, … Continue reading

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Chomsky’s Genocidal Denial – by Dr Marko Hoare

“Chomsky’s Genocidal Denial” was originally published in November of 2005 by one of leading historians  specializing in the history of South-eastern Europe. To contact Dr. Marko Hoare, you may visit his official blog “Greater Surbiton.” Dr. Marko Hoare “The lady … Continue reading

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Four Srebrenica Executioners Get 142 Years, Their Motive was Money

Four Serb soldiers were acquitted of Genocide charges, because their motive was money; they were paid to carry out executions. They were sentenced to 142 years in jail for Crimes Against Humanity. The Court noted that Srebrenica executions constituted Genocide. … Continue reading

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Twenty Years Later: Funeral of 32 Victims Killed in Zvornik During Bosnian Genocide

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Three Serbs Sentenced to 40 Years for Rape and War Crimes in Bosnia

Three members of a Serb volunteer unit were sentenced for war crimes against civilian population committed in 1992 in the Bosnian town of Bijeljina. BIRN — Belgrade — The Trial Chamber of the Special Court in Belgrade sentenced three former … Continue reading

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Serb Suspect in the Bosnian Genocide Deported to Bosnia

A man accused of commanding a police squad that rounded up more than 8000 Bosniaks for slaughter in 1995 made a new life in Las Vegas as a modest grocery shop owner before being arrested and deported to his native … 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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