14 years ago Ratko Mladić and his heavily armed soldiers began their holocaust against unarmed civilians in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, proclaimed by the UN as a “safe haven”. In his own words, Mladić did it in the name of the Serb people. They brutally murdered more than 10.000 Bosnians, among them babies too young to even have been named yet. Their remains were buried in mass graves. The Dutch UN soldiers watched all of it, and even helped separate men from women and children (most of the murdered Bosnians were men, but neither women nor children were spared – countless women were raped, for instance). In the years to come, the remains were dug up and scattered in order to hide the evidence – something not even Hitler had thought of. To this day there are people in the world who admire and idolize Mladić and all those who committed the holocaust with him. Mladić is still at large.
The survivors have seen no justice yet. Cases have been brought to international courts, without any useful outcome. A couple of years ago the Dutch government awarded medals to the soldiers who had been in Srebrenica during the genocide. Is having part in a holocaust really something to be proud of?
14 responses so far ↓
Ado // 11. July 2009 at 20:09 |
They will always be in our memories.
Another sad anniversary of the genocide. Another anniversary to put those who could have helped to shame for doing nothing. Doing nothing in Srebrenica 14 years ago meant certain death to sons, fathers and grandfathers of Srebrenica. Ten thousand of them in three days. Shame on you Holland. Shame on you Europe.
We only want freedom, peace and justice.
Daniel (Srebrenica Genocide Blog) // 12. July 2009 at 23:34 |
Less than 24 hours after the 14th commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide, Serbian extremists spat and urinated onto the flag of Bosnia-Herzegovina, verbally insulted Bosniak returnees, and glorifed war criminals: Serbian NAZI collaborator Draza Mihailovic and genocidal Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic.
PS: Amila, please make sure to turn off related links feature of your blog, because they automatically show without your consent. One of the websites under “possibly related posts” refers to the extremist web site denying/questioning Srebrenica genocide.
Amila Bosnae // 13. July 2009 at 09:23 |
Thank you for the tip Daniel. I couldn’t disable the feature so I had to change the whole template.
Owen // 14. July 2009 at 22:46 |
Mr Solana celebrates the anniversary by abolishing the Schengen visa regime for Ratko Mladic and friends and keeping restrictions for Bosnians.
Daniel Ringby // 16. July 2009 at 22:25 |
Yes, Owen, I just read about that on bbc.co.uk and dr.dk. Once again, the EU takes a giant p*ss on Bosnia.
“Bosnia had not been included largely because they were further behind on the introduction of biometric passports. ” What a load of c…
As if Serbia, for instance, is that bloody hi-tech? Look at the police station in Valjevo. An ashtray, a hungover official, and the closest thing one comes to IT equipment is the calculator next to the ashtray…
Kirk Johnson // 21. July 2009 at 06:01 |
Europe wants to put that shameful moment in its history out of sight and out of mind.
Daniel // 21. July 2009 at 06:04 |
Two Serb war criminals received Life Sentence and 30 years imprisonment for burning Bosniak women and children alive. Unfortunately, the Prosecution made mistake and failed to include rape charges against them.
Milan Lukic and Sredoje Lukic are from Rujiste village, located near the border with Srebrenica municipality.
Please write a word or two about these monsters on your blog. Thank you!
Daniel (Srebrenica Genocide Blog) // 24. July 2009 at 08:25 |
PS: Amila, to turn off related links etc, look under Settings, Plugins, and Options. It should be there. Just uncheck it and you are ready to go!
PS: The term Srebrenica Holocaust has been mentioned in the Krstic appeals judgment. Allow me to quote some parts:
“Thus, according to his counsel, the appellant recognised that a ‘coming holocaust’ awaited those who had not been transferred. The transfer and the holocaust combined to constitute one single act of genocide.
The Appeals Chamber saw this when it said:
The decision by Bosnian Serb forces to transfer the women, children and elderly within their control to other areas of Muslim-controlled Bosnia could be consistent with the Defence argument. This evidence, however, is also susceptible of an alternative interpretation. As the Trial Chamber explained, forcible transfer could be an additional means by which to ensure the physical destruction of the Bosnian Muslim community in Srebrenica. The transfer completed the removal of all Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica, thereby eliminating even the residual possibility that the Muslim community in the area could reconstitute itself. The decision not to kill the women or children may be explained by the Bosnian Serbs’ sensitivity to public opinion. In contrast to the killing of the captured military men, such an action could not easily be kept secret, or disguised as a military operation, and so carried an increased risk of attracting international censure.”
tikno // 14. August 2009 at 16:09 |
History will never forget it.
40,000 targeted for extinction in Srebrenica // 21. August 2009 at 10:14 |
Serbs “targeted for extinction the forty thousand Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica.”
Source:
http://www.icty.org/sid/8409
PS: Can you republish this on your blog Amila?
Owen // 6. October 2009 at 23:54 |
Thanks for that moving piece of advocacy on behalf of asylum-seeking children in Independent WorldReport, republished by JUSTWATCH
http://www.independentworldreport.com/2009/09/lost-childhood/
Amila Bosnae // 10. October 2009 at 18:37 |
Thank you
I have been meaning to mention that here on the blog, but never came around to it until just now 
I’m not familiar with JUSTWATCH, what is it?
Owen // 3. November 2009 at 14:47 |
Hello Amila, my message about JUSTWATCH gets a response “discarded” – trying again.
JUSTWATCH is International Justice Watch Discussion List – it’s a list for exchanging news and opinions re the ICTs for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and related issues and thanks to regular posters including the tirless Andras Riedlmayer it’s an absolutely outstanding source of information.
Owen // 3. November 2009 at 14:48 |
I see, it’s finally accepted the message without the URL, so I’ll have to try and sneak the URL in. Wherever I put XXX in substitute one forward slash /
http:XXXXXXlistserv.buffalo.eduXXXcgi-binXXXwa?A0=JUSTWATCH-L