BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA
By: Ariana and Kayla
SREBRENICA MASSACRE CAUSE/CONFLICT
o 1995
oSome of the women were raped, while the men and boys who remained behind
were killed immediately or bussed to mass killing sites.
oEstimates of Bosnia's killed by Serb forces at Srebrenica range from around 7,000 to
more than 8,000
http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide
PEOPLE KILLED
o Serbian forces subsequently separated the Bosnian civilians at Srebrenica, putting
the women and girls on buses and sending them to Bosnian-held territory.
oUp to 7,500 men, and boys over 13 years old, were killed. They were trucked or
marched to their places of death. Up to 3,000, many in the act of trying to escape,
were shot or decapitated in the fields.
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DATES
1908- Bonian-Herzegovina annexed to Austria-Hungary
1941- Bosnian Herzegovina annexed by pro-Hitler Croatian puppet state.
Thousands of Serbs, Jews and Gypsies are sent to the death camps.
Http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17212376
REFUSE THE TRUTH
oRussia refuses to describe Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys
during Bosnia war in 1995 as “genocide”
THE GENOCIDE
o In July 1995 Serb troops and paramilitaries led by Ratko Mladic descended on
Srebrenica and began shelling it. They had already dealt with Muslim soldiers in the
countryside villages. Now they were besieging Srebrenica's thousands of Muslim
civilians.
http://www.cummingsfoundation.org/instituteforworldjustice/html
/genocide_resources.htm
AFTER THE GENOCIDE
o The first person to provide a hint of the extent of the killings was an American
reporter, who risked his life to look for evidence and indeed was eventually arrested.
(He was awarded a Pulitzer prize for his Bosnian journalism.) He was at risk not only
from the Serbs but also from NATO, who resumed their air attacks (begun earlier in
1995 when the Serbs ignored a ceasefire ultimatum) in response to the tragic events
at Srebrenica.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/1
1727613/Russia-blocks-UN-resolution-condemning-Srebrenicamassacre-as-genocide.html
THE NEW RESOLUTION
oIn 1999 the UN completed its own enquiry into the fall of Srebrenica, and faced its
shame. 'Through error, misjudgment, and an inability to recognize the scope of the
evil confronting us, we failed to do our part to save the people of Srebrenica from
the Serb campaign of mass murder.‘
RESOLUTION
o Britain leads condemnation as Russia deploys veto power to thwart recognition at
UN that massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys 20 years ago was act
genocide.
http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide
PLEDGE
I pledge to spread awareness of genocide of my knowledge. In doing this I will try to
make an impact by informing people of the massacres overseas and hoping this will
spread and eventually put an end to mass killings everywhere.
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PREVENT FURTHER GENOCIDE
o The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in Britain.
The organization has been working for peace and a warless world since 1934. This
website takes readers through the events leading up to, during, and after the
genocide in Bosnia.