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@SrebrenicaUK
Jul 8, 2021 • 20 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
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The UK National Srebrenica Memorial Day Ceremony will begin shortly.

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
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."

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"I miss it greatly. I guess I miss it because so many of the people I remember growing up with are no longer alive"

@suljagicemir1 (now the director of @SrebrenicaMC) talks of his experience surviving the genocide and the loss of his family due to it.
"Every night you'd just be happy that you even survived until the dawn because during the day between 3,000 to 4,000 grenades would fall on Potočari."
"I actually didn't "lose" anyone. My 11 year old daughter was in fact murdered." - Fikret Grabovica speaks about his life during the siege and the fear and heartbreak of a parent who lost his child.

Honour genocide survivors, join the ceremony srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
"My brother and I never really got to have a childhood" Dževa Avdic shares a heartbreaking testimony of genocide through a child's eyes.

Honour genocide survivors, join the ceremony srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
President Sefik Džaferovic, Bosnian member of the Presidency speaks passionately about the genocide and rebuilding lives.

"Despite the systemic hatred, which culminated in the genocide in Srebrenica, the people I belong to did not take the path of revenge."
Dominic Raab MP, Secretary of State, reiterates the government's support to peace and genocide education.

Join the ceremony: Srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
Nicola Sturgeon honours Bakira Hasečić, a victim of systematic rape enacted by Serb forces in Višegrad.

"We must never forget, Srebrenica was the final cumulation of a genocidal plan aimed at Bosnian-Muslims"

Join us in honouring the survivors:
Srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
First Minister of Wales honour survivor Dzemal Hodzic and all the survivors of the Siege of Sarajevo, paying respects as well to the destroyed cultural aspects such as the beautiful Sarajevo library.

Join now: srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
British-Bosnians such as Ferid lost everything in the genocide and ethnic cleansing. Today we are honouring their strength, resilience, and perseverance in rebuilding their lives in the UK.

Join the ceremony: srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony
Smajo Bešo speaks powerfully about his mother's lessons on hatred and how her instance of empathy allowed him to heal after his aunt Emina was killed by Croat forces.

"The biggest lesson on what happened in Bosnia is that we cannot be complacent"
Despite all the forensic and evidence, genocide denialism continues to be prevalent. Survivors say:

"Trust and justice are integral to peace"
"It's very important to us that future generations know what kind of evil happened here....and for it to never happen again"- Fikret Grabovica

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Haunting segment of survivor testimonies as spoken by Bosnia's celebrated actors, including Izudin Bajrović. Emotional and important that we never forget the length of the horrors genocide survivors experienced.

#BosnianGenocide

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In honour of those we lost who we can never get back due to hatred and all the genocide survivors who bravely speak out, Remembering Srebrenica's 11 boards light a candle in a moment of remembrance and reflection.

We remember. We vow to never forget.
The ceremony closes with @lordnickbourne who ends the event with words of hope and reflects on the inspiring strength and hopefulness of genocide survivors in spite of the hatred they experienced.
Thank you to all across the UK who joined us this evening in an act of remembrance. By taking this small action you have ensured we do not forget the pain of the Bosnian genocide survivors. You have taken a step towards a better future.

Together, we remember.
If you have missed this evening's event, the ceremony will be left on our site srebrenica.org.uk/ceremony as well as on our YouTube.

In addition, in the coming days and weeks we will be releasing the full testimonies of the brave survivors from this evening's ceremony.

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14th June marks the 30 year anniversary of one of the most horrific massacres of the Bosnian Genocide. In 1992, Serb nationalist forces imprisoned 70 Bosniak civilians (women, children & some elderly) in a single room in a house in Pionirska St. in Visegrad.
The perpetrators blocked all exits to the room & house & then using explosive devices & petrol to torch the structure. At least 59 people were burned alive, including one infant. Those who managed to crawl out the fires were shot at by the surrounding Serb nationalist forces.
Some two weeks later, on 27th June, an identical massacre was perpetrated by the same forces, organised by cousins Milan Lukic and Sredoje Lukic, in the Bikavac neighbourhood of Visegrad. Again the victims were civilians: women, children, elderly. Another 60 were burned alive.
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To mark #InternationalWomensDay we will be highlighting the extraordinary courage of female survivors from Bosnia who have overcome so much & who serve as powerfully inspirational women whose compassion has prevailed over hatred & who've worked tirelessly for truth and justice.
We begin with Bakira Hasečić, a victim of sexual violence committed during the Bosnian war, who despite all she gone through which includes receiving death threats, has helped bring over 80 war criminals to justice. Bakira was honoured by @NicolaSturgeon in our 2021 ceremony.
We honour the Mothers of Srebrenica who have been the driving force for justice and who have spent years campaigning and speaking publicly about what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 in the hope that no other mother will ever have to suffer the pain that they have had to endure.
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It was 1992. In the region of Prijedor, Serb forces had taken over, forced civilians to mark themselves with white armbands and then herded them into the concentration camps of Omarska, Trnopolje, Manjaca, and Kertarm.
The camps of Trnopolje and Omarska were places of great human rights abuses and violations. People, mainly Bosniak-Muslims, were starved, tortured, beaten, raped, and executed. Between May and August of 1992, at least 600 people were murdered at the Omarska death camp.
Witness and survivor of the concentration camp of Omarska recounted the horrors he endured:

"I was in a camp in 1945, but this camp, it is unimaginable. It is a death camp."
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Jul 11, 2021
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.
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.
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Apr 19, 2021
Today marks 8 years since Remembering Srebrenica has been founded. We started with a mission to educate as many people as we could on the consequences of hatred and the genocide in Bosnia. We are eternally grateful for all the support we get in ensuring the success of our work! ImageImageImageImage
In the past 8 years we have been successful in educating over 150,000 young people, supported over 1,800 community actions in schools, local authorities and places of worship, and created over 1,450 community champions who’ve pledged to stand up to hatred and intolerance. ImageImageImage
Last year we launched our “Untold Killing” podcast which unveiled in detail the genocide in Srebrenica and has been listened to by over 75,000 people thus far. Our last Memorial Week created over 2 million opportunities for people to learn about the genocide.
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May 31, 2020
31.05. 1992. Radio Prijedor broadcasts the following:

“Citizens of Serb nationality, join your army and police in the pursuit of extermism. Others; Muslims & Croat must place white flags on their homes and put on white armbands. Or you will suffer severe consequences”
Thus started the genocidal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Prijedor. As people were marked to identify themselves as “non-Serb” they were murdered or sent off to concentration camps where they suffered torture, starvation and constant beatings. #WhiteArmBandDay
Today we remember, the innocent civilians of Prijedor. Over 3,000 mainly Bosniak Muslims were murdered.

102 children were murdered.
Women were imprisoned and raped.
Over 50,000 Bosniak Muslims were forcibly displaced from their homes.

#WhiteArmBandDay
#WeRemember
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