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The Courage to Start Over: Amra Dautović
Amra Dautović came to the UK as a child refugee during the Bosnian War. Arriving to the country without speaking a word of English she now has a degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice, as well as a Masters degree in Forensic Psychology. Amra is now the Managing Director of the My Time Richmond Fellowship Division and has won several awards for her efforts and contribution to Mental Health work. Although she says her biggest achievement is her family, especially her two young children that she hopes to raise with knowledge and pride of their family heritage and origin. This is her story.
Life in a Shelter Basement
This account is provided by a Survivor who wishes to remain anonymous. What was experienced in Bosnia during 1992-1995 is something that I hope will never happen again and that is why I share my story with you. I want to share what happened to me so that I can help educate people on what […]
Una Srabović-Ryan
Una Srabović-Ryan is a British Bosnian whose biological father was killed in the Srebrenica genocide. She was adopted at 6 months and moved with her adoptive family at the age of 5 to the UK. In 2016 she went to Australia to meet her biological mother. It was during her time there that she learnt of her father’s name and saw his picture for the first time.
21: Coming of Age – Time to Act
This year is the 21st anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide and the United Kingdom’s Srebrenica Memorial Week runs from Sunday 10 July to Sunday 17 July 2016. Our theme to mark this milestone anniversary is ’21: Coming of age – time to act’.
Bearing Witness: Studying the lessons from Srebrenica
A group of students and academics from the University of Bedfordshire and other UK universities travelled to Bosnia & Herzegovina on our 'Lessons from Srebrenica' programme of educational visits.
Hampton pupils raise global genocide awareness
Pupils at a London school have been working with 15 other schools around the globe to help raise awareness about genocides since the Holocaust, following their meeting with a Srebrenica survivor earlier this year.
Bearing Witness: A foundation for hope
Some 20 community activists from across England travelled to Bosnia & Herzegovina in December 2015 on our 'Lessons from Srebrenica' visits programme.
Leading Scots support Srebrenica
Two leading figures from Scottish public life have contributed messages of support to Remembering Srebrenica.
Simon Callow sends message of support
Remembering Srebrenica ambassador Simon Callow CBE has contributed a powerful and personal message of support following Srebrenica Memorial Week.
Srebrenica Survivors – The Fog of Srebrenica
‘The Fog of Srebrenica’ is a new 60-minute film by Edinburgh-based film-maker Samir Mehanović. It portrays the long-term impact of the genocide through a series of interviews with men and women, whose lives were altered forever during those days. The film tells the story of the extraordinary men and women who survived the genocide and raises serious […]
Leeds school children mark genocide anniversary
Students representing Lawnswood School, in Leeds, attended a service on 9 July in the city's Civic Hall to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide.
Noor Algharbeh has written this article about the service.
Rwanda marks 20th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide
Rwandan survivors and staff of the Aegis Trust commemorated the 20th anniversary of genocide at Srebrenica in a special memorial event.
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:
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