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Minister for Faith Opens National Bosnian Centre
On 25th November, Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth officially opened ‘Bosnia House’ in Birmingham – the national Bosnian community centre that serves more than 10,000 Bosnians living in the UK. This was a historic moment for a community that survived genocide and ethnic cleansing in Europe and found refuge in the UK. Over […]
Beatfreeks’ performance poetry marks genocide
Creative young people from the Birmingham-based social enterprise Beatfreeks held a special Srebrenica 'Poetry Jam' during Memorial Week this year.
Bearing Witness – Beatfreeks’ Bosnian Odyssey
In May 2015, creative young people from the Birmingham-based social enterprise Beatfreeks travelled to Bosnia-Herzegovina on our ‘Lessons from Srebrenica’ programme of educational visits to witness at first-hand the testimony of survivors and Mothers who lost loved ones in the Srebrenica genocide. Here, they give their accounts of the experience – filmed at the Srebrenica-Potočari […]
Do you know the 10 Steps to Genocide?
1. Classification 2. Symbolisation
3. Discrimination 4. Dehumanisation
5. Organisation 6. Polarisation
7. Preperation 8. Persecution
9. Extermination 10. Denial.
Learn more about the #Srebrenica Genocide here: https://t.co/VOSubTzf3K
“No matter what, if we spend an hour together, or if we’re spending 10 hours together, we always end up talking about the war. It will never go away.” Bosnian refugees who settled in North Carolina reflect on their experiences both past and present. https://t.co/zGjJscvCSF