6 hours agoThousands march in memory of Srebrenica genocide victims
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(a year ago)About 7,000 people have started on Tuesday in a three-day peace march through the forests of eastern Bosnia to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The only officially recognised genocide in Europe since World War II. This annual march of 100 kilometers follows the opposite path [...]
About 7,000 people have started on Tuesday in a three-day peace march through the forests of eastern Bosnia to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The only officially recognised genocide in Europe since World War II.
This 100km annual march follows the opposite route of thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys 29 years ago, trying to flee Srebrenica, which was then declared the secure “area” by the United Nations but was occupied by Bosnian Serb forces. Thousands were caught, separated from their families and executed systematically, the AP writes, broadcast Albinfo. ch.
Among this year's participants is Amir Kulagı, a survivor of the 1995 journey, this time located to support his son and grandson. My attention span lasted seven days and eight nights,” recalls Kulayjih with tears in his eyes. Because of health problems, he could not join the march this year, but he is proud that his family is continuing the course of memory and resistance, transmits albinfo.ch.
Meanwhile, Nirha Music, a postwar American citizen of a mother who survived the massacre, marched for the first time. We are walking to see what our people have been through. It's not easy. The only thing I can think of is that that was when we were killed and gathered to kill us, say she.
The majority of the victims of the massacre were hunted down in the woods and killed without mercy. Their bodies were thrown into mass cemeteries, which were later moved to cover the crime tracks. Every year, on July 11th, the day the killings began takes place to reevaluate the recently identified victims at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, near Srebrenica.
To date, the remains of over 6,700 victims have been found and buried. Seven other recently identified victims through DNA tests will re-crown this Friday.
The Srebrenica massacre has been declared genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Court of Justice, but its denial and downplay by Serb leaders in Bosnia and Serbia continue to remain an open wound in the region. /Periscope/
