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Lessons from Srebrenica genocide will help Gloucestershire in battle against hate crime
A group from Gloucestershire has travelled to Bosnia to learn lessons from the genocide to tackle the rise of hatred and intolerance in the county.
Pride and Prejudice – Tackling Hate Crime in Worcester
For National Hate Crime Awareness Week, Remembering Srebrenica's Anousheh Haghdadi spoke at an event in Worcester, organised by the university and a social housing provider in response to rising levels of hate crime.
'Following the award ceremony on December 10, the Swedish Academy will have secured for itself a new place in history: as an enabler of genocide denial'. https://t.co/G2PJmbdzW2
The solidarity displayed by journalists who've used #BosniaWarJournalists to highlight the truth of what happened is heartening to read. It serves as a powerful
antidote to counter the revisionism peddled by Handke & shows that such people will never succeed in rewriting history
Peter Handke who denied the genocide at Srebrenica will be honoured with the Nobel Prize in a few hours time. This is an insult to the victims & survivors who have endured so much pain & suffering. Let us be clear that today should be long remembered as a shameful day in history.
Today marks #GenocidePreventionDay, yet the sad reality is that 71 years after the adoption of the convention, genocide has taken place in different decades on different continents. We must therefore continue to work hard to raise awareness, educate others and challenge denial.