11 July 2010
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It's 15 years since July 1995 when more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica were killed by Bosnian Serb troops, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
Only two of the perpetrators have been convicted: Radislav Krstic and Vidoje Blagojevic. General Krstic was convicted by the Hague Tribunal of aiding and abetting genocide and received a sentence of 35 years in prison, the first European to be convicted on a charge of genocide by an international tribunal since the Nuremberg trials. Colonel Blagojevic received a sentence of 18 years for crimes against humanity. The overall commander, Ratko Mladic, is still at large.
In 2009 the EU Parliament declared 11 July as a day for EU commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide. On the day this year thousands of family members, friends of the victims gathered at the cemetery near Srebrenica.
775 coffins with the remains of newly identified victims from mass graves were laid to rest after a ceremony attended by dignitaries and politicians, including heads of state and governments. Some of them were louder than others in condemnation of the massacre in what was supposed to be a "UN safe area."
Courtesy live feed BHT, Sarajevo
A new piece on Srebrenica's present on Reuters AlertNet:http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/60167/2010/06/22-170425-1.htm