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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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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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Serbian Forces Mass Raped Women to Boost Morale and Spread War Propaganda

“Actual rapes of Bosniak and Croatian women by Serbian soldiers, filmed as they happen, have been shown on the evening news in Banja Luka, a Serbian-occupied city in western Bosnia-Herzegovina. The women were presented as Serbian and as being raped … Continue reading

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Sexual Slavery in the Bosnian Genocide

By Andrea Dworkiny Los Angeles Times Andrea Dworkin is the author of “Letters From a War Zone” (Lawrence Hill Books). 5 September 1993. In Bosnia, women and children are 75% of the more than 2.5 million people driven from their … Continue reading

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Bosnia’s Orphans of Rape: Innocent Legacy of Hatred

“Not one of the women I spoke with, and I spoke with them for hours, had even a minimal wish to take their babies. We had to put blindfolds on them for the deliveries.” – Dr. Asim Kurjak By Carol … Continue reading

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UN Panel: Systematic Pattern of Ethnic Cleansing and Sexual Assaults Against Bosniak Population in Bosnia

U.N. Panel Finds Evidence of Serb War Crimes: Balkans: Policies of ‘ethnic cleansing’ and rape were ‘particularly brutal,’ report says. By Stanley Meisler Times Staff Writer 2 June 1994. The U.N. commission on Balkan war crimes issued its final report … Continue reading

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