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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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! 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.

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

In Bosnia, today is a Day of Remembrance on the Concentration Camps and Survivors. While the exact number of concentration camps functioning during the Bosnian war is unknown, it’s estimated there were at least 650 camps in which people were abused, tortured, and murdered. Today we will be highlighting some of the worst and most notable concentration camps throughout the Bosnian genocide.

Omarska Camp was in operation from May 25-August 21, 1992. An estimated 6,000 civilians were imprisoned at Omarska, with at least 700 humans being murdered.