Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina and genocide
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Bosnian Serb troops killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in the last genocide of the 20th century. This year, seven victims will be buried at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center.. It is hard to fathom that so much hatred could exist to kill 8,
The town was supposed to be a “safe area,” protected by U.N. peacekeepers, but Serb forces massacred 8,000 Muslim men and boys there.
Genocide denial is not the only symptom of the country's divisions. The Dayton Peace agreement brought an end to the war, just four months after the massacre. But it also divided Bosnia and Herzegovina into two "entities", on ethnic grounds. Most Bosniaks and Croats live in the Federation, while the majority of Serbs are in Republika Srpska.
Srebrenica remains a symbol of unhealed trauma, international betrayal and enduring resistance, as new victims are being buried three decades
Prosecutions for atrocities are not always enough to stop hatred. Societies must also acknowledge what happened.
Thousands gathered to honor the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces. Families buried newly identified remains as dignitaries vowed to remember the atrocity.
Bosnia's prosecutor's office said it had lifted an arrest warrant against separatist Serb leader Milorad Dodik after he surprisingly appeared at a hearing investigating allegations against him of violating the constitutional order.
Three decades after their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons were killed in the bloodiest episode of the Bosnian war, women who survived the Srebrenica massacre find some solace in having been able