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Keeping alive the memory of the crimes committed in July 1995 is just part of what is owed to the victims and the communities that mourn them. Remembering painful truths about the past is the key to our shared quest for a better and more tolerant world.Ephraim Mirvis – Chief Rabbi
Statement on the award of the Nobel Literature Prize 2019 to genocide denier, Peter Handke.
On Thursday 10 October, the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee for Literature awarded Peter Handke the 2019 Nobel Literature Prize and 9m Swedish krona (£786,000), describing his work as “an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”. Handke is a well-known supporter of the genocidal regime of Slobodan Milošević and […]
Belfast City Council passes motion supporting Remembering Srebrenica
On 1 October 2019, Belfast City Council passed a motion supporting the work of Remembering Srebrenica: “This council continues to stand with those who suffered as a result of the Srebrenica genocide. We will continue to support those who suffered during this shameful time and mark the occasion with a suitable event, which informs the […]
Celebrating Community Champions at London Awards Dinner
Remembering Srebrenica’s London and South East Board held their Awards Dinner to celebrate the hard work of Community Champions and volunteers who made Srebrenica Memorial Week 2019 such a huge success in the South East. The region held the most memorial activities aimed at educating the young and old about the dangers of hatred and […]
Remembering Srebrenica joins FlyBosnia on inaugural direct flight
Remembering Srebrenica UK Chairman, Dr Waqar Azmi OBE and staff were privileged to be part of FlyBosnia’s inaugural direct flight from London Luton to Sarajevo on 19 September 2019. They were joined by FlyBosnia CEO Tarik Bilalbegović, UK Ambassador to BiH Matt Field, BiH Ambassador to UK Vanja Filipović, Robert McNeil MBE, Oliver Kamm, and over a […]
YMCA North Staffs delegates reflect on Srebrenica visit
Through the Creative Youth Minds project, YMCA North Staffordshire led a Stoke delegation to Srebrenica to learn about the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. Delegates kept daily blogs which can be read here, and Keele University’s Muslim Chaplain, Rukia Bi gave an extensive interview with Ajmal Hussain for BBC Radio […]
Remembering Lord Paddy Ashdown
Remembering Srebrenica UK Chairman, Dr Waqar Azmi OBE pays tribute to Lord Paddy Ashdown at the memorial service today at Westminster Abbey. Lord Ashdown was one of the strongest supporters and advocates for Remembering Srebrenica and the Bosnian people. At a time when few were prepared to hear about Bosnia-Herzegovina and its suffering, he repeatedly called […]
North West Board collects Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
On 28 August, Remembering Srebrenica North West Board collected the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, in recognition of using the Lessons from Srebrenica to help create more resilient and inclusive communities in Greater Manchester and the North West of England. North West Board Chair, Elinor Chohan MBE DL, who was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater […]
Robert McNeil MBE unveils paintings in new exhibition ahead of 25th anniversary
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Vice-Chair of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland, Robert McNeil MBE, unveiled three of his paintings in a new exhibition at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. The artworks have been recently acquired by Glasgow Museums. ‘Witness’, ‘Subjugation’ and ‘Srebrenica Woman’ tell the story of the worst […]
Ramiza Gurdić
Ramiza is a member of the Movement of Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves. She recalls those days in Srebrenica like they were hell on earth, where people were killing themselves trying to escape what was coming. She lost her husband, 2 sons and 33 members of her family. Several years later, Ramiza and her only […]
Statements on the Netherlands’ Supreme Court judgment on Dutch liability in Srebrenica
On Friday 19 July 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the Dutch state had 10% liability for the deaths of 350 men and boys while under the protection of Dutch UN peacekeepers in July 1995, in a final verdict that ends a years-long legal battle between the Dutch state and the claimants, the Mothers of […]
2019 Srebrenica Peace Walks
Walking in solidarity with the survivors of the genocide, our Community Champions across the UK are organising Peace Walks, which mirror the “Mars Mira” walk which takes place annually from Tuzla to Srebrenica. Full details will be released about this year’s walks shortly, but if you would like to get involved with helping to organise or participate […]
Find Your Nearest Memorial Event
In order to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, our fantastic Community Champions and volunteers have worked tirelessly to organise memorial events up and down the country to bring communities together. Jul 1, 2019Remembering Srebrenica