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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 […]
Remembering Srebrenica launches pioneering youth programme with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Northern Ireland’s first programme reflecting on the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War is to inspire future generations that peace after conflict is possible. In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys simply because of their faith, in what is known as the Srebrenica genocide. […]
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.
UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group’s Statement on Srebrenica Genocide Denial
The UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Srebrenica welcomes the decision of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals that found Radovan Karadžić guilty of genocide of Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995 and sentenced him to life in prison. It, therefore, condemns in the strongest manner the decision of the Republika Srpska National Assembly to […]
Remembering Srebrenica Statement on Karadžić Appeal Verdict
Remembering Srebrenica welcomes today’s news that Radovan Karadžić, former President of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (now the Republika Srpska) and the Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb armed forces has lost his appeal and been sentenced to life in prison. The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals rejected the grounds of appeal submitted […]
New Zealand Mosque Terrorist ‘Inspired’ by Serbian Nationalist Convicted of Genocide of Muslims in Srebrenica
Remembering Srebrenica is able to confirm that the terrorist who butchered innocent Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch Mosque attack was listening to a Serbian song glorifying Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadžić who was convicted for the 1995 genocide of Muslims on European soil in Srebrenica in Bosnia. Whilst driving en route to committing this atrocity, […]
Remembering Srebrenica Joins Lord Mayor and Local Community for Bosnia House Dinner
Remembering Srebrenica were proud to join members of the local community for a large gathering that took place at Bosnia House, a national Bosnian community centre that undertakes an incredible amount of work to support more than 10,000 Bosnians living in the UK. The dinner was attended by members from different communities who had come […]
Remembering Srebrenica Celebrates Community Champions at North West Awards Dinner
The Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth joined local dignitaries to present Community Champions from the North West with an award in recognition of their outstanding work to tackle hatred and unite people in their communities through organising events to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide. The dinner took place at the British Muslim Heritage Centre […]
Theme for 2019
Every year Remembering Srebrenica selects a theme that both reflects an aspect of the genocide that must be commemorated, but also speaks to communities here in the UK.
This is a landmark decision that must be complied with. No group should face persecution for their identity. It is every nation's responsibility to protect people from #genocide wherever and whenever it occurs.
UN's top court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide https://t.co/PursuE3mdI
@SrebrenicaUK Thank you to Amra Mujkanović for a personal and engaging lecture at @worcester_uni today. Our year 9 historians found it very insightful and will be sharing their new knowledge within school.
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