Srebrenica is a town in eastern Bosnia and was a UN "safe area" in the 1990s upon which the Serb Army forces imposed a siege and famine that, 28 years ago, culminated in the worst act of mass murder in Europe since World War II. This is a thread on the #SrebrenicaGenocide. "You are now under the protection of the UN forces. I will never abandon you." -- UN General Philippe Morillon, speaking to Srebrenica Bosnians in 1993.

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.

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.

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… 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.

Asked about recent efforts to turn a former Croat concentration camp in Herzegovina into a museum for the HVO milita, @Dragan_Covic says he is "sorry such...places were necessary [!], that some people had to be [!!] denied their freedom."

“I was tortured so much; they made an animal out of me. There was psychological [torture], hunger, thirst, non-stop labour, working on the front line amid shootings; you didn’t feel like you were going to survive & that there would ever be an end to this.”

Meet Srđan Golubović aka DJ MAX. #DJMAX is a music DJ. He plays music all over Serbia and the Montenegrin coast. Here’s a photo of DJ MAX kicking a defenseless Tifa Šabanović before murdering her along with other civilians in #Bijeljina.

investigation.rollingstone.com/dj-photo-war-c… The other dead civilians were an #Albanian couple, Hamide and Abidrami Pajaziti.

@ronhaviv_vii took a great personal risk in taking these pics and was on Arkan's hit list after they were published. @RollingStone

20,000 rabid #Partizan fans are chanting racist slogans at Real Madrid’s Bosnian player @DzMusa at the moment in Belgrade. Numerous banners hung as well, reminiscent of #Serbia’s vile fascism and genocide.

@FIBA will likely do nothing. Racism and debauchery is rewarded.

On the 2nd of May, JNA (Yugoslav People’s Army) from #Serbia supported by local Serb militants tried to deal the final blow to the #Bosnian defenders, occupy Sarajevo and the force legal government to surrender. Things played out a little differently than they thought… Local Sarajevo defenders, mostly locals and kids wearing tennis shoes and sneakers, successfully repel attacks outside of the Presidency building. In the adjacent area, infiltrated JNA elite forces from #Serbia are defeated and taken as hostages in a nearby skyscraper.

On this day, we lost not just a legend, but a good man. ▪️

On his resignation from the Yugoslav national team at the beginning of the aggression against BiH: “My country doesn't deserve to play in the European Championship. On the scale of human suffering, I cannot reconcile… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Born in #Sarajevo in 1941, he started playing for the first team in the 1959/1960 season. He played for a total of 11 years collecting 250 appearances and 75 goals.

In 1970 he went to France, where he played for Strasbourg, Sedan and Valenciennes.

On this day, 1992, the Siege of #Sarajevo began. It was the longest siege of a capital city in the modern era. Sniper attacks and mortar fire was a constant and daily threat to civilians. Over 50,000 people were injured, 11,541 killed, including 1,601 children. #RememberSarajevo Pictorial map of the siege of #Sarajevo. Shows the siege forces which encircled the city and surrounding hills with weapons that included artillery, mortars, tanks, heavy machine-guns, rocket launchers, aircraft bombs, etc.

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On May 31st, all non-Serbs in #Prijedor were ordered to mark their houses with white flags and to wear a white armbands in public.

Over 3,000 killed and the internment of 30,000 people in concentration camps and mass expulsions of over 50,000 people. #NeverForget 🏳️⚪️ 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.

Mehmedova crkva (Mehmed’s church) is the name of a small church in the woods of Kozara in Kozarac, a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Interestingly, it is named after a Muslim man, but the story is much deeper. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Austro-Hungarian contractor Karl Schmutzer, traveling to Banja Luka, stopped by in these ends and upon seeing the forests of Kozara decided to create a sawmill here, which today is known as “Stara Pilana” (old sawmill).

On this day, 1992, the Siege of #Sarajevo began. It was the longest siege of a capital city in the modern era. Sniper attacks and mortar fire was a constant and daily threat to civilians. Over 50,000 people were injured, 11,541 killed, including 1,601 children. #RememberSarajevo Pictorial map of the siege of Sarajevo. Shows the siege forces which encircled the city and surrounding hills with weapons that included artillery, mortars, tanks, heavy machine-guns, rocket launchers, aircraft bombs, etc. [📷 @FAMACollection]