𝟏𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 marks the 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐤𝐬 in the United Nations-declared safe area of Srebrenica.
At least 8,372 people were killed or missing: men and boys, but also women, children, and elderly.
The genocide was systematically planned and carried out by the political and military leadership of the self-declared Republika Srpska, with critical support from the regime in Belgrade.
The Srebrenica genocide was the final act of a broader, coordinated campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosniaks, Bosnian Muslims, across Bosnia and Herzegovina.
From 1992 on, also Roma communities and individuals were systematically targeted by violence, expelled from their homes, often also tortured, raped, and killed.
In 2024, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution proclaiming 11 July as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.
Still, till today, tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are high, genocide denial by Bosnian Serb officials is ongoing. Roma are marginalized in society and are often denied basic human rights and political representation.
As the Srebrenica Memorial Center wrote in June this year, it is time that Roma, as victims of genocide and systematic persecution, are given their rightful place in the narrative of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina – not on the margins but at the center of the truth.
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞.
Source: Srebrenica Memorial Center.
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