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The Bosnian war began in 1992, when the Serbian Army linked with Bosnian Serb fighters to expel non-Serbs from northern and eastern Bosnia in an effort to create an ethnically pure Serb state.
Thousands of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslim) refugees fled to Srebrenica, which finally fell on July 11, 1995 after a three-year siege. Men and boys over the age of 15 were separated and killed. The Bosnian government released names of 8,106 massacre victims in 2005.
As President of the Bosnian Serbs during the war, Radovan Karadžić launched the campaign of "ethnic cleansing" and genocide. Ratko Mladić commanded the Bosnian Serb Army and has been placed at the scene of Srebrenica massacres by several eyewitnesses and video footage that was recently aired on Serbian television.
The two men were first indicted by the Hague Tribunal on November 16, 1995 and charged with 20 counts, including genocide and crimes against humanity. More than 10 years after the massacre they still have not been brought to justice.
The 2007 commemoration in Srebrenica (below), by the Women in Black Network in Serbia.
A global campaign was launched in May 2005 with a petition for the arrest of Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by four US-based organizations: Physicians for Human Rights, the Center for Balkan Development, The Advocacy Project, and Congress of North American Bosniaks.
AP is also partnered with BOSFAM based in Bosnia. BOSFAM is an organization of women weavers that provides women with income-generating handicraft projects, many of whom have lost family members in the Srebrenic massacre and are now the sole providers for their families.
In 2007, the women of BOSFAM, the Bosnian women's group, launched the Srebrenica Memorial Quilt, in commemoration of those who were killed. The quilt contains 20 panels, all hand woven by BOSFAM weavers who lost relatives in the massacre. Each panel commemorates a victim and the weavers hope to create a living memorial to those who were killed.
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Thousands of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslim) refugees fled to Srebrenica, which finally fell on July 11, 1995 after a three-year siege. Men and boys over the age of 15 were separated and killed. The Bosnian government released names of 8,106 massacre victims in 2005.
As President of the Bosnian Serbs during the war, Radovan Karadžić launched the campaign of "ethnic cleansing" and genocide. Ratko Mladić commanded the Bosnian Serb Army and has been placed at the scene of Srebrenica massacres by several eyewitnesses and video footage that was recently aired on Serbian television.
The two men were first indicted by the Hague Tribunal on November 16, 1995 and charged with 20 counts, including genocide and crimes against humanity. More than 10 years after the massacre they still have not been brought to justice.
The 2007 commemoration in Srebrenica (below), by the Women in Black Network in Serbia.
A global campaign was launched in May 2005 with a petition for the arrest of Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by four US-based organizations: Physicians for Human Rights, the Center for Balkan Development, The Advocacy Project, and Congress of North American Bosniaks.
AP is also partnered with BOSFAM based in Bosnia. BOSFAM is an organization of women weavers that provides women with income-generating handicraft projects, many of whom have lost family members in the Srebrenic massacre and are now the sole providers for their families.
In 2007, the women of BOSFAM, the Bosnian women's group, launched the Srebrenica Memorial Quilt, in commemoration of those who were killed. The quilt contains 20 panels, all hand woven by BOSFAM weavers who lost relatives in the massacre. Each panel commemorates a victim and the weavers hope to create a living memorial to those who were killed.
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