Remains of 10 Srebrenica genocide victims laid to rest

Families Share Heartbreaking Stories Ahead of the Burial of Genocide Victims in Potocari

8,372 people, mostly men and boys, Bosniaks, were killed in the genocide in Srebrenica. Today marks 31 years since the crime before the eyes of the UN. They included 23 collective funerals. The process of searching for the missing is nowhere near over. And the remains of 10 of them, after more than three decades, [] The post Families Share Heartbreaking Stories Ahead of the Burial of Genocide Victims in Potocari appeared first on Sarajevo Times.

Bosnia lays to rest 10 newly identified Srebrenica genocide victims 31 years on

31 years after the Srebrenica genocide, grieving families in Bosnia lay to rest 10 newly identified victims. Clothed in traditional green shrouds, the coffins are carried by mourners to the Potocari Memorial Cemetery on the anniversary of the July 1995 genocide. The victims, ranging from 20 to 56 years old, are among the more than 8,300 Bosniak men and boys systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces. Decades on, forensic teams continue the painstaking work of identifying fragmented remains scattered across mass graves, offering delayed closure to families who have waited a lifetime to say goodbye

Bosnia Marks 31st Anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide with Mass Burial

Ten more victims of the 1995 genocide were buried on Saturday at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, with survivors calling on the perpetrators to acknowledge the truth and ask for forgiveness.

Sarajevo Bids Farewell to 10 Srebrenica Victims Ahead of 31st Anniversary Burial

Ten victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide were honored in Sarajevo Thursday, their coffins pausing at the Presidency building and the Markale marketplace before burial at Potocari on July 11 — the 31st anniversary of the massacre that killed at least 8,372 Bosniak men and boys.

Genocide descendants want N$17 trillion

Ovaherero and Nama genocide descendants are demanding N17 trillion in reparations, rejecting the current Namibia-Germany negotiations as inadequate and exclusionary. The Okandjoze Chiefs Assembly for Genocide says the current negotiations between Namibia and Germany have failed to deliver justice. Reverend Ebson Kaapama, a member of the Maharero Royal Traditional Authority and technical committee member of [] The post Genocide descendants want N17 trillion appeared first on The Namibian.