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Home Primary Memorial day Messages of Support Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick MP

Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick MP

Today we meet a generation on the worst atrocity committed in mainland Europe since the Second World War. We come together to pay our respects to the victims and to honour the bravery of those who survived the horror that took place in Eastern Bosnia 25 years ago. Bosnia and Herzegovina is not very far away from us, in fact London lies closer to the town of Srebrenica than it does to Lisbon.

That a savage campaign of systematic rape, of torture, of brutal ethnic cleansing, of genocide could take place on our European doorstep within living memory remains truly shocking and proof that hatred can take hold anywhere, at any time. For many, daily life in the former Yugoslavia republic remains hard, attempting to reconcile the terrible events of the past whilst pain remains ever present. Victims continue to be exhumed and identified whilst for many families the heart-breaking search for their loved ones continues. The main perpetrators of the massacre Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are behind bars but only last month a Bosnia court found three more men guilty of war crimes. A former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army has also been charged with assisting the 1995 genocide. Despite this, denial continues to flourish wherever the atrocities took place. That is why it is so important to engage and to educate young people about these tragic events. Remembering Srebrenica is working hard to ensure that we never forget the genocide, that we learn the lessons from it and stand up to hatred wherever and whenever we see it.

25 years ago a generation of Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered simply because of who they were. A generation of Bosnia Muslim men and boys were denied the chance to live out their lives and fulfil their dreams. Every July 11th affords us the opportunity to remember them, to pause and reflect on the devastating consequences where hatred goes unchecked. This time last year people gathered in their thousands from communities across the United Kingdom at hundreds of events, in Churches, in Mosques, in Synagogues, in schools and in community centres to remember those who lost their lives and whose lives were  changed by those events. And while many of those places of worship and learning are now open once more after the COVID Pandemic this year will of course be very different. So while we might not be meeting in person, we can remember together and ensure that the voices of those who grieve for over 8,000 murdered men and boys are never silenced. 

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Happy #WorldBookDay! The lovely thing about books is that they don't just take us away to different worlds but they serve as lessons to teach us even of the most painful parts of history.

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CW: Bosnian War Rape Survivors ‘Still Afraid to Speak Out’

During the Bosnian genocide 20,000-50,000 women were victims of a systematic campaign of rape utilised to further the genocidal goal of ethnic purification. We stand with these brave women. https://t.co/YeihA3AxTA

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How white nationalists have been inspired by the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia https://t.co/i2SEtteNRW

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They have lots of resources on their websites and organise educational visits to listen to survivors first hand. They also organise events across the Uk (and on zoom) which you can find out more about through their twitter page @SrebrenicaUK or website

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