6 minutes agoPeace march held in Prizren for Srebrenica genocide victims
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)In the town of Prizren on Monday, July 11th, a peace march was held on the 27th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. After that march, white pigeons were released as a symbol of peace. March organiser Edis Jonuzi said July 11th 1995, when Bosnian Serb forces killed over 8,000 men and [...]
March organiser Edis Jonuzi said that July 11th 1995, when Bosnian Serb forces killed over 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in Srebrenica, should never be forgotten.
“Today we are not in Potocari with Srebrenica mothers, but they are in our hearts and minds. Therefore, from here, we Bosniaks, Albanians, Turks, Roma and others honor the victims”, Jonuzi said.
Representatives of other communities living in Kosovo, including the mayor of the municipality, Shacir Totay, participated in the Prizren peace march, except for members of the Bosniak community.
This is the fifth time that a peace march has been held in Prizren in honour of genocide victims.
Rasim Demiri, representative of the Vacat coalition, stressed that the <x0genocide in Srebrenica did not occur, but was planned by Serbian aggressor”.
Bosnians from Novi Pazar, a city in Serbia also participated in the peace march in Prizren. Turkey's ambassador to Kosovo, Chagri Sarkar, was also present.
“We are continuing to make efforts to create peace and stability throughout the Balkans and beyond, so that the massacres of the past do not repeat”, Sarkar said.
Prior to conducting the march, through social networks, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that Serbia shamelessly denies the genocide in Srebrenica, meanwhile President Vjosa Osmani said that “we all must unite against efforts to magnify or deny these terrible atrocities”.
On July 7th 2021, the Kosovo Assembly approved the Resolution for Srebrenica, condemning the genocide of the Serbian regime to members of the Bosnian nation. This resolution strongly condemns the denial of genocide, and July 11, it is proclaimed Days of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial.
In 2007, the International Court in The Hague said genocide had been committed in Srebrenica.
On June 8th 2021, UN court judges confirmed the life sentence on former commander of the Republika Srpska Army Ratko Mladic. He was convicted of genocide in Srebrenica, persecution, crimes against humanity, extermination and other war crimes committed between 1992 and 1995.
At the end of July 2021, former High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko made changes to the Criminal Code of this state, preventing the denial of genocide and other war crimes and the triumph of war criminals.
