News 188
Christchurch mass murderer’s guilty plea saves Muslims’ trial ordeal
Remembering Srebrenica welcomes the guilty plea of the Christchurch Mosque terrorist and is relieved the hate-filled Serbian ideology which inspired the murder of 51 innocent Muslims will not get the oxygen of publicity during a trial. Australian Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and a charge of terrorism for committing last March’s atrocity […]
Remembering Srebrenica unveils new online learning resources for teachers during coronavirus shutdown
Remembering Srebrenica has launched brand new online education resources for teachers to use during the unprecedented coronavirus school shutdown. With teachers across the country in need of quality online resources to fill entire timetables with remote learning, Remembering Srebrenica has this week added new free-to-use lessons to its website, increasing its educational output to 11 […]
HRH Prince of Wales’ Srebrenica visit cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
Remembering Srebrenica can confirm that HRH Prince of Wales visit to Srebrenica next week has been cancelled due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The Prince was going to meet Bosnian genocide survivors to mark the 25th anniversary of when 8,732 Muslims were murdered in what the UN described as “the worst atrocity to happen on […]
Remembering Srebrenica’s trip to Northern Ireleand hailed a success
Remembering Srebrenica UK’s visit to Belfast was a resounding success after dignitaries, politicians, faith leaders and pupils were all moved by the stories of Bosnian survivors. President of the Association of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves Munira Subašić and Remembering Srebrenica Director in Bosnia Elmina Kulašić were invited by Belfast City Council to speak […]
Greater Manchester leaders pass motion to commemorate Srebrenica genocide
https://youtu.be/G5Z3pQSLbvk Council leaders have passed a motion to commemorate the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, in which more than 8,000 people, predominantly Muslim men and boys, were killed during the Bosnian War. Ahead of the 25th anniversary in July 2020, leaders unanimously backed the motion brought to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) meeting on […]
Former war crimes investigator’s book covers his work at The Hague in the 1990s
Former forensic investigator, Ron Turnbull’s new book, ‘From the Flying Squad to Investigating War Crimes’ highlights his secondment to The Hague to continue war crime investigations in the Balkans as a UN investigator and Head of the Evidence Unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) assisting in the trials of Radovan Karadzic […]
UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group’s open letter to party leaders in 2019 General Election
The UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group have asked party leaders for clear commitments during the 2019 General Election to more effective, accountable prevention & protection approaches. Read the full text of the letter below: Dear party leaders, We write as members of the UK Civil Society Atrocity Prevention Working Group and as representatives of organisations […]
On Air with West Yorkshire’s Branch FM
Community Engagement and Communications Manager, Hayyan Bhabha spoke with Mike from West Yorkshire’s Christian Radio, Branch FM. They discussed Remembering Srebrenica’s North West Board receiving the prestigious Queens Award for Voluntary Service in August, and why it is important to raise awareness with young people in the UK of what led to the Srebrenica genocide in […]
Community Champion Noordad Aziz speaks at Burnley Council meeting
Councillor Noordad Aziz of Hyndburn Borough Council and Remembering Srebrenica UK’s North West Board member and Community Champion has been a tireless and committed supporter of the charity in the North West. On 16 October 2019, Noordad spoke at neighbouring Burnley Council encouraging councillors to support the work of Remembering Srebrenica UK and to mark the […]
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth calls on government to support Remembering Srebrenica UK in 25th anniversary year
On Monday 21 October, former Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, called on his colleagues to support the work of Remembering Srebrenica UK and its Chairman, Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, in commemorating the Srebrenica genocide’s 25th anniversary next year during the House of Lords debate on the Queen’s Speech after addressing the issues of […]
Gloucestershire’s second “We Are One” Awards celebrates everyday upstanders
On 14 October, Gloucestershire held its second ‘We Are One’ Awards ceremony, which recognised the amazing work of everyday upstanders who challenge prejudice, build community cohesion, protect others, counter hate and generally make their communities a better, safer place. Nominees were selected by the good people of Gloucestershire. The gala awards ceremony, organised by Remembering Srebrenica UK’s […]
Statement on the award of the Nobel Literature Prize 2019 to genocide denier, Peter Handke.
On Thursday 10 October, the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee for Literature awarded Peter Handke the 2019 Nobel Literature Prize and 9m Swedish krona (£786,000), describing his work as “an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”. Handke is a well-known supporter of the genocidal regime of Slobodan Milošević and […]
A harrowing but important read 👇 https://t.co/AkHWlxhagg
Throughout the Bosnian genocide, there were over 625 concentration camps operating that served as ways to humiliate, exterminate, and destroy Bosnian Muslims. In many of these places, the survivors haven’t been allowed to memorialize them for the genocidal tools they were. https://t.co/vFYz06Ro13
Today also marks the establishment of the Batković concentration camp; one that was operated from ‘92-‘96 and in which over 4,000 mainly Bosnian Muslims, as well as Croats, were detained in, tortured, and raped at the orders of the Serb army. Harrowing account of the conditions:
2