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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.
Bakira Hasečić recieves honour from Glasgow Caledonia University
Bakira Hasečić, a survivor of ethnic cleansing from Višegrad in Bosnia-Herzgovina was presented with an honorary doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University. This honour was bestowed on Bakira Hasečić in recognition of Bakira’s efforts as a human rights advocate and unifying force for victims of wartime sexual violence. Bakira was presented the award by the recently […]
Future Events
Remembering Srebrenica and our amazing Community Champions hold events throughout the year across the UK.
Music, Poems and Prayers
Memorial events can be enhanced with the reading of suitable prayers and poems. Music can also play an important part in procedings. Here you will find examples that can be used in your memorial event. Srebrenica Maestro Emir Nuhanović has composed a beautiful piece of music for us to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide. Emir […]
East of England
Chair – Dr Helen Connolly Dr Helen Connolly is an academic at the University of Bedfordshire where she is the programme leader in sociology. She lectures in human rights, international criminal law and contemporary forced migration. Her approach to teaching incorporates critical education for democracy, social justice and transformative experiential learning. Her teaching interests and approaches dovetail with the […]
Bosnian Serbs who slaughtered imprisoned Bosniak-Muslim civilians outside of a school building with automatic weapon have been arrested. The victims’ bodies were later driven away in trucks and dumped in a mass grave that was exhumed in 1996. https://t.co/0FxOwOJeaz
Untold Killing by @messageheard and @SrebrenicaUK is an amazing recounting of a very dark time in Bosnian History. Please listen to it!
Episode 2 of Untold Killing is out today. I'm particularly proud of this one - it tells the story of the "battle" for Srebrenica leading up to the genocide https://t.co/xuQbPJHTt1