Safet Vukalić was saved from a concentration camp by his mother, who said he was too young to go “with the men”. Safet came to the UK as a refugee and has courageously shared his story.
Zoran Mandlbaum was one of the last people to cross the Mostar bridge before it was destroyed, whilst bringing aid to the Muslims trapped on the East bank of the city.
Hasan Nuhanović was a translator for the UN when Serb forces took Srebrenica in July 1995. Forced to translate the order to send his family away, he never saw them again. He has dedicated his life to seeking truth and justice.
At the age of 15, 'Mirsada' was imprisoned in a rape camp as part of the campaign of 'ethnic cleansing' taking place across Bosnia. She has shown incredible courage to survive, raise a family and now tells us her story.
Read this thread. This important research project has uncovered details of the conversations amongst Serb leaders and their plan to exterminate Bosniak Muslims throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://t.co/YPNZxaHs3H
#OTD in '92, the citizens of Bosnia voted in a referendum declaring Bosnia to be a sovereign and independent country of equal citizens and nations of Bosnian Muslims, Serbs, and Croats and all others who live in it.
We wish all the people of Bosnia a very happy Independence Day!