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Chair of Srebrenica All Party Parliamentary Group Visits Site of Genocide
Yasmin Qureshi MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Srebrenica Commemoration and a Shadow Justice Minister travelled to Srebrenica this week to hear first-hand from genocide survivors and meet with officials in the Bosnia-Herzegovina to discuss commemoration and reconciliation. Commenting on her visit to Srebrenica, Yasmin said: “The lessons from Srebrenica are so […]
Remembering Srebrenica Launches ‘Acts of Courage’ Theme for 2018
Parliamentarians from all parties gathered at the House of Lords on 6 February for the launch Remembering Srebrenica’s theme to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. The theme, “Acts of Courage” pays tribute to the ordinary Bosnians who took great risks to protect others during the conflict in the 1990s. Lord Bourne of […]
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal represents the UK in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Complex on 11 July - Srebrenica Memorial Day.
The Leaders of Northern Ireland’s Political Parties
A message of support from the leaders of Northern Ireland's five main political parties.
Alison Anderson MBE – Bosnia Revisited
Alison Anderson MBE left a young family behind in order to travel out to Bosnia and help with the forensic work to identify victims' bodies from mass graves and collect evidence to convict war criminals. She returned in 2016 to learn more about the country and the survivors of the genocide and wrote this piece for us about it.
YouPress video on Lessons from Srebrenica programme
In October 2015 a delegation of artists from London Collective YouPress went out to Bosnia on the Lessons from Srebrenica programme. This video documents their journey and features interview footage with our Bosnian in-country Coordinator, Resad Trbonja.
Berkshire students to hear testimony of Srebrenica genocide survivor
Children at schools in Berkshire will get the opportunity to hear first-hand testimony from a survivor of the Srebrenica genocide next week.
I Remember Srebrenica, London, 15th July
The You Press collective group of artists were deeply inspired by Srebrenica to create work about human rights and war, with many pieces drawn from survivors’ accounts of the genocide in Bosnia. This event featured performances of this work and drew a diverse crowd to learn more about Srebrenica.
Prominent Scots to Learn Lessons of Genocide in Bosnia
Prominent Scots will be visiting Potocari Memorial Centre to hear from survivors of the genocide first hand about what happened, taking the lessons back to their communities.
Derby Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Association
The Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Association in Derby marked Srebrenica Memorial Day with a powerful, moving event celebrating Bosnian culture as well as commemorating the victims of genocide.
In the words of #Srebrenica survivor, @NedzadAvdic,"All children have a right to learn what actually happened and not to bring up new generations full of hatred" . Thank you @solihull_rs for playing your part in making this a reality.
Our permanent display in School House @solsch1560 is finished! Thank you @SrebrenicaUK and @RTrbonja for all the inspiration: we will continue to teach and learn the lessons 4
@SrebrenicaUK @CharlotteFoster @ymcans @Aida_S_Haughton Hey folks, some great reflections here, take a listen + share @genocide8020 @SusanBaroness @StokeCEP @HolocaustCentUK @1000Lives
This week hear how a group of people from #stokeontrent discovered more about the war in Bosnia and massacre of 8000 men and boys in Srebrenica. And why it’s important today! @SrebrenicaUK @ymcans @Aida_S_Haughton #SOTCulture https://t.co/WwCJN7WWCS
Listen here for insightful interviews with recently returned 'Lessons from Srebrenica' delegates from the #BosSquad in #Staffordshire https://t.co/gKrva20UwG.
Thank you @CharlotteFoster for putting this podcast together. @ymcans, @Aida_S_Haughton, @AdrianBSBTStoke #Srebrenica
Recording a podcast @ymcans about @remembering_srebrenica following a #visit to #bosnia #BosSquad @CharlotteFoster @CQHPod