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May 31 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
One of my dear friends was a child in the Trnopolje concentration camp. Another one, lost her child when Serb forces took him never to return. His remains were found years after. 102 children were killed in Prijedor and today they cannot even commemorate their deaths.
#WhiteArmbandDay is not just for us to remember, it's there for us to demand better. Why are politicians not fighting against the Dodik regime and Prijedor police when it comes to the commemorations? Why are they not demanding people be allowed to protest and commemorate today?
What is the use in these supposed "pro-BiH" or "pro-Bosniak" parties when they're staying silent as survivors in the Prijedor region are continually marginalised? It's their tax paying money that affords the salaries of those who are forbidding the commemorations.
Honestly, it is shameful what we have allowed to happen. Even one politicians from Sarajevo showing up in Prijedor to demand the commemoration proceed would've been enough.

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Tomorrow marks White Armband Day in Bosnia, to commemorate the marking of non-Serbs before they were sent off to concentration camps

But today in Prijedor groups of Serbs are protesting this & commemorating instead the "Day of Liberation of Prijedor".

📷 via @HusaricAzra
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