Genocide in BiH Archives

Since the Netherlands started offering compensation to relatives of certain Srebrenica genocide victims because Dutch peacekeeping troops failed to protect them, millions of euros have been paid out but several thousand applications are pending.

In 2022, the Bosnian prosecution charged 60 people with war crimes, although ten of them are outside the country so can’t be brought to trial – a problem that the new chief prosecutor has promised to tackle.

More than 15,000 people have signed a petition to stop premieres in European cities of Boris Malagurski’s controversial documentary film about the Bosnian Serbs, claiming that it distorts the facts about the Srebrenica genocide.

Former Bosnian Serb military policeman Momcilo Tesic was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his participation in the shooting of 17 Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995.

The Bosnian state court has upheld a verdict acquitting five former Bosnian Serb police officers of involvement in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995 due to lack of evidence.

The dehumanizing political discourse in Bosnia increases the fear of a potential repetition of the crimes of the 1990s, the UN General Secretary’s special advisor on the prevention of genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, tells BIRN.

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Accepting that genocide was committed against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 is necessary if there is to be meaningful post-war reconciliation, the new head of the UN court in The Hague, Graciela Gatti Santana, tells BIRN.

Women in Black’s office in Belgrade was vandalised with red paint the day after the Serbian peace group was involved in events to commemorate the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

As the July 1995 massacre by Bosnian Serb forces was marked at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, international officials condemned continuing genocide denial and glorification of war criminals.

Thousands of Bosniak men walked 100 kilometres across harsh terrain to escape being massacred by Bosnian Serb forces after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 - but there were also women and children fleeing with them, suffering the same terrors.

Genocide in BiH

Netherlands Pays €8.7 Million to Srebrenica Victims’ Relatives

Absent War Crime Suspects Pose Problem for Bosnia’s New Prosecutor

Petition Targets Bosnian Serb History Film for ‘Genocide Denial’

Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Military Policeman of Srebrenica Shootings

Bosnian Serb Ex-Policemen’s Srebrenica Genocide Acquittal Upheld

UN Advisor: Genocide Denial in Bosnia is Preventing Reconciliation

Hague Court President: Recognising the Srebrenica Genocide is Necessary

Serbian Peace Activists’ HQ Vandalised After Srebrenica Anniversary

Genocide Denial Condemned at 27th Srebrenica Commemoration

‘March of Death’: Women Recall Harrowing Escape from Srebrenica

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