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As a symbolic act to mark the 31st anniversary of the genocide committed against Bosniak civilians in the eastern town of #Visegrad, 3,000 roses were cast into the Drina River from the Mehmed-Pasa Sokolovic Bridge to pay tribute to the 3,000 victims. 
Međeđa (Višegrad) 1993 - in this video you can hear Serb soldiers joking about burning down a mosque. “This one is a war criminal!” one of them says.
The mosque was indeed destroyed. Along with thousands of others during the genocide.
The mosque was indeed destroyed. Along with thousands of others during the genocide.
Visegrad is the municipality with the largest number of murdered women and children.
One of the key commanders during the initial 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦 in 2014, Igor Girkin, previously served as a 🇷🇺“volunteer” during the Bosnian War (center below) and participated in the Visegrad Massacre, one of the worst episodes of the #BosnianGenocide.
In Višegrad, Bosniaks made up 64% of the population in 1991. Today they make up 9%. The extremist Serb Chetnik movement is responsible for mass rape and genocide in #Visegrad in 1940s and 90s. Now, they are emboldened by Dodik and the West’s appeasement of Vucic.
Today in #Visegrad, Eastern Bosnia, where Russian volunteers helped Serbs in the genocidal campaign against Bosniaks in 1992.
On May 31st, all Bosniaks in #Prijedor were ordered to mark their houses with white flags and to wear a white armbands in public by Serb authorities.
Over 3,000 killed and the internment of 30,000 people in concentration camps and mass expulsions of over 50,000 people.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Over 3,000 killed and the internment of 30,000 people in concentration camps and mass expulsions of over 50,000 people.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The ICTY concluded that the takeover of Prijedor by the Serb politicians was an illegal coup d'état, which was planned and coordinated a long time in advance with the ultimate aim of creating a pure Serb municipality.
The announcements broadcast on the radio, from 31 May 1992 onward, obliged non-Serbs to hang white bed sheets outside their homes and wear white armbands as a demonstration of their loyalty to the Serb authorities.
MELISA VITEŠKIĆ was killed on 16 October 1992. She was with her father Edhem trying to get across the runway when the #Serb Forces shot her in the head.
Melisa was 12 years old.
#SniperAlley #BosnianGenocide
Melisa was 12 years old.
#SniperAlley #BosnianGenocide
Melisa's father described the details of her murder:
"Since the barricades in the city [April 1992], even in Ilidza, she lived with her sister and mother at her aunt’s and uncle’s place in ‘Bratstva i Jedinstva’ street, Pofalici, for security reasons.
"Since the barricades in the city [April 1992], even in Ilidza, she lived with her sister and mother at her aunt’s and uncle’s place in ‘Bratstva i Jedinstva’ street, Pofalici, for security reasons.
It was not safe in Butmir. She had already lived in the city for 6 months and they were running out of food and I as a father stayed in Butmir to defend the frontlines of defense. So I decided to go get them across the runway to Butmir to make life easier for them
On this day in 1995 , as Serb forces entered the UN safe area of Srebrenica, they proceeded to murder over 8,372 Bosniak-Muslims in the course of a few days.
Today we remember the innocent taken simply because of their ethnic and religious identity. We vow to never forget.
Today we remember the innocent taken simply because of their ethnic and religious identity. We vow to never forget.
Prior to the 11th, Ratko Mladic and Serb forces laid siege to Srebrenica. A UN protected safe area Srebrenica acted as a refuge for the thousands of Bosnian-Muslims who were forcibly displaced by Serb forces in Eastern Bosnia.
Upon entry to Srebrenica, Serb forces split the men and women up. They expelled the women, but not before taking some of them away. Some women would then end up being raped and killed. Hundreds of Srebrenica's women still remain missing.
The UK National Srebrenica Memorial Day Ceremony will begin shortly.
Join us in remembering the Bosnian Genocide:
srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
Join us in remembering the Bosnian Genocide:
srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
Today we have gathered to remember, to reflect, and to learn.
26 years ago, thousands of Bosniak-Muslims were murdered en masse due to their identity.
Today, we honour them.
Join the ceremony now: srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
26 years ago, thousands of Bosniak-Muslims were murdered en masse due to their identity.
Today, we honour them.
Join the ceremony now: srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
Chair of RSUK @waqarazmi opens the ceremony with important words.
"As we move forward with rebuilding our communities, we will remember and learn from the stories of genocide survivors whose spirit is remarkable."
Srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
"As we move forward with rebuilding our communities, we will remember and learn from the stories of genocide survivors whose spirit is remarkable."
Srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
