Tuesday, July 8, 2008

307 GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE BURIED IN SREBRENICA ON JULY 11

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (July 8,2008) – The remains of 307 Bosnian civilians murdered by the genocidal Serbin fascist aggressor in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995 will be buried on July 11 on the anniversary of Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, organisers said yesterday.The funeral is to be held at the site where some 10,000 Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995.The bodies of genocide victims were exhumed from mass graves after the end of the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia and have been identified by DNA analysis. The genocide victims were aged between 15 and 75.

Some 2,900 genocide victims from Srebrenica have been buried so far at the Genocide Memorial Centre built in 2003,near Srebrenica but thousands of others are yet to be exhumed and identified. More than 60 mass graves have been uncovered in the area.

Meanwhile, forensic experts have found another mass grave near Srebrenica,the Bosnian national radio reported. The 17m long grave is outside the village of Zeleni Jadar, about 15km south of Srebrenica. Exhumation is to be completed in two weeks.

The site is the eighth of what are known as the secondary graves to be found in Zeleni Jadar, where the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor brought bodies of the genocide victims to cover up the massacre.

Previously exhumed sites contained the remains of several hundred genocide victims. Remains were reburied by bulldozers, so most of the skeletons were incomplete which makes DNA identification process very difficult.


A Bosnian worker inspects coffins containing the bodies of 307 newly-identified genocide victims from Srebrenica for a joint burial near the Bosnian town of Visoko. Each year, bones are matched to a name and buried in a mass funeral on July 11, the anniversary of the genocide committed by the Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.


A Bosnian worker at city morgue in the central Bosnian town of Visoko, on Monday, July 7, 2008, sorts paperwork for 307 bodies of the genocide victims prepared to be transported and buried at their final resting place at the Genocide Memorial Centre in Potocari near Srebrenica. All 307 bodies of the genocide victims were excavated from mass graves in eastern Bosnia and identified by teams of Bosnian and international forensic experts. The burial ceremony will be held on 11 July, 2008, in Srebrenica, on the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia when the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians.


A Bosnian woman, a genocide survivor from Srebrenica, reads the names of Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the former U.N. safe zone of Srebrenica as she visits the Genocide Memorial Centre in Potocari,near Srebrenica.

The Srebrenica massacre has been classified as an act of genocide by the International Court of Justice and the UN war crimes tribunal, both based at The Hague.

The masterminds of the genocide in Bosnia - Serbian war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic - are still hiding from justice,protected by the genocidal Serbia.

Friday’s commemoration of the genocide, at which tens of thousands of Bosnians are expected, comes amid warnings of possible violence after a recent UN court ruling.

Last week, a UN appeals court acquitted the former commander of the Bosnian Army units in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica Naser Oric of all war crimes charges including the killings of six genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's soldiers captured and held by the Bosnian Army in 1992 and 1993 in Srebrenica.
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THOUSANDS MARCH TO HONOR GENOCIDE VICTIMS FROM SREBRENICA

ZVORNIK, Bosnia (July 8,2008) – Some 2,000 Bosnians and others started today a four-day- long walk to Srebrenica in a march to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica,during the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The "March of Death - Path of Freedom" started from the village of Nezuk, near the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik, and was due to end in the Genocide Memorial Centre in Potocari on Friday, July 11, the actual day of the anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia.

The marchers were to attend a funeral on Friday for more than 300 recently identified genocide victims.

The group includes people from all over Bosnia, but also a group of Swiss parliamentarians and some 50 members of different non-governmental organizations.

US Ambassador to Bosnia Charles English announced he would also join the march.


Bosnians carrying Bosnian state flags at a start point of a four-day march to Srebrenica, in the village of Nezuk near Zvornik, 120 kms northeast of Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Thousands of Bosnians began a four-day march along the route the genocide survivors used 13 years ago to to reach the free territories under the control of the Bosnian Army. On July 11, a mass burial for more then 300 identified genocide victims from srebrenica exhumed from numerous mass graves in a recent years will be held in the Genocide Memorial Center of Potocari near Srebrenica marking 13 years since the genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in this part of Bosnia.

The 100-kilometre walk will include the hills and woods of eastern Bosnia, where thousands of Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor while trying to reach the free territories in the country's north.

The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered up to 10,000 Bosnian civilians in Srebrenica in July 1995.
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KOZARIC: TRADE DEFICIT AND INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ARE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE BOSNIAN ECONOMY

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 8,2008) – A roundtable discussion about the implementation of a project dealing with the ranking of banks, insurance companies and microcrediting organizations started in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo today with a presentation of the current situation in the Bosnian financial market by the Bosnian Central Bank’s Governor Kemal Kozaric.

According to him, the main risks the Bosnian market is dealing with are the trade deficit and inflationary pressures. The trade deficit was 8 billion Bosnian Marks last year, and in the first four months of 2008 it grew by another 4 billion Bosnian Marks, Kozaric warned.

As far as the second threat is concerned, the inflationary pressures caused by growing prices of oil and food are not exclusive to Bosnia.

Although monetary instruments to fight these problems are limited, some countries are already looking for solutions in restructuring, subsidies to agriculture and fiscal benefits, the Bosnian Central Bank’s Governor said.
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MALAYSIANS INTERESTED IN BOSNIA'S OIL

TUZLA, Bosnia (July 8,2008) – A company owned by Malaysian businessman Joseph Vijay Kumar is very interested in exploring Bosnia’s oil potential. Kumar confirmed this as he was touring the exploration wells drilled in the Tuzla area.

He also said the company first received information about oil in this area of Bosnia a year ago, and then sent a proposal to the FBIH entity government to do research. Kumar met with the regional prime minister yesterday. Today, he will meet with the FBIH Entity Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic.

The cost of drilling three wells in the first year would be USD 80 – 90 million, Kumar said
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TRIAL OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINALS MILAN AND SREDOJE LUKIĆ BEGINS TOMORROW

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (July 8,2008) – The trial of Serbian war criminals Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić is scheduled to begin before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a pre-trial conference and opening statements of the Prosecution on 9 July at 9:00 a.m,the ICTY said.

The two Serbian war criminals are accused of mass murder, torture and extermination committed against the Bosnian civilians in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Both Serbian war criminals are accused of personally taking part in the mass murder of approximately 70 Bosnian women, children and elderly men in a house on Pionirska Street in Višegrad. On 14 June 1992, the victims were barricaded in one room of the house as it was set on fire. Automatic weapons were fired at the victims who tried to escape through the windows.

In a separate criminal act two weeks later Serbian war criminals Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić forced about 70 Bosnian Muslim women, children and elderly in to a house in the Bikavac settlement of Višegrad, blocking all exits and throwing in several explosive devices.

Serbian war criminals Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić are also accused of torturing Bosnian civilians who were detained by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the concentration camp at the Uzamnica military barracks in Višegrad.

Serbian war criminal Milan Lukić is separately charged with several other counts of murder, including multiple murders of Bosnian civilians on the bank of Drina river. He is also charged with brutally murdering a Bosnian woman in the Potok neighbourhood of Višegrad.

Serbian war criminals Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić were initially indicted together with a close family friend, the convicted Serbian war criminal Mitar Vasiljević. He was tried at the Tribunal and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by a final judgement on 25 February 2004.

After seven years of evading justice Serbian war criminal Milan Lukić was arrested in Argentina in August 2005, his cousin,Serbian war criminal Sredoje Lukić surrendered the following month.
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INTRANET - ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INSTALLED AT BOSNIAN STATE PARLIAMENT

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 8,2008) – After two-and-a-half years the OSCE Mission to Bosnia has completed a programme of multi-levelled and intensive assistance to the Bosnian State Parliament and its members, aimed to enhance the institutional capacity of the Bosnian State Parliament. One of the latest initiatives of this programme is a user-friendly Intranet structure for the Bosnian Parliament, developed by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia.

“Intranet will enable faster and more quality work in the Parliament. It aims to modernize the general working environment in the Bosnian State Parliament”, stated Doina Ghimici, OSCE Legislative Strengthening Programme Manager.

“This programme will certainly help automate the work of the Registry and progressively switch from the obsolete, paper-based workflow to a modern, electronic document management system”.

An estimated volume of 40.000 to 45.000 paper sheets are used by the Parliamentary Assembly for completing the parliamentary procedure on a single piece of legislation. Without a doubt the new system installed will make the whole process more simple as well as more transparent and accessible to everyone in the Parliamentary Assembly.

The development of the Bosnian State Parliament’s Intranet, as part of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia’s Legislative Strengthening Programme, was funded by the US government.
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