NEW MASS GRAVE FOUND IN EASTERN BOSNIA

KAMENICA, Bosnia (October 16,2008) - A new mass grave believed to contain dozens of genocide victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre has been found in eastern Bosnia, an official said today.

The new grave is the 11th to be discovered in the eastern Bosnian village of Kamenica, near the town of Zvornik, said Murat Hurtic of the Bosnian Missing Persons Commission.

"We have exhumed remains of one person and 38 detached skeleton parts," he said adding that bullets were also found in the grave.

Hurtic said the exact number of bodies could be established only after DNA analyses.

"We are absolutely sure that these remains belong to Srebrenica victims," he said.

The exhumation work was expected to continue till the end of next week.Soil probes showed there were at least two more massgraves in the village.

The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor overran the then U.N.-protected eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia, mass murdering some 10,000 Bosnian civilians in Europe’s single worst atrocity since World War II.

The genocide victims were initially buried in a dozen mass graves. But after the release of satellite pictures showing large portions of freshly disturbed ground, the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor moved them to other locations in order to cover up the crimes.

The body parts of the genocide victims were separated during reburial using bulldozers, and forensic experts have sometimes found parts of a single person buried in three different so-called secondary graves.

The remains of thousands of the genocide victims have been exhumed from about 70 mass graves around Srebrenica, with more than 5,600 Bosnian xivilians identified by DNA analysis.

The Srebrenica massacre has been ruled genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), both based in The Hague,The Netherlands.
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THE BIGGEST ROMAN MOSAIC IN EUROPE DISCOVERED IN BOSNIA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (October 13,2008) - Archaeologist found remains of architecture, building fragments and mosaics with unique ornaments from Roman period in Skelani, Srebrenica municipality, on depth from 80 to 180 metres.A whole Roman town is situated in soil below Skelani.

''We discovered the biggest preserved Roman floor mosaic in the southeastern Europe, and probably in the whole Europe. These are 40 m² of mosaics unique by the diversity of colours”, Mirko Babic, leader of the archaeological team and director of Regional museum from Bijeljina, said.

The remains from three periods were discovered, and the remains of the premises, walls and mosaics of the central hall of the Roman municipality from 1st Century were also discovered.

Babic says that they also found traces of buildings and streets from Roman period which points that, in the Roman period, there was very important, developed and rich centre in Skelani.
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PRESIDENT SILAJDŽIĆ: UNITED NATIONS MUST RIGHT THE WRONGS OF SREBRENICA

NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS (September 24,2008) - The President of Bosnia Haris Silajdžić, had strong words for the United Nations at the 63rd opening of the UN General Assembly yesterday, stating the UN bore part of the responsibility for the genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

"Through its acts and omissions, the United Nations, by its own admission, bears a part of the responsibility for the crimes committed at Srebrenica," said President Silajdžić.

“We do not want the United Nations to be haunted,” he told world leaders gathered at UN Headquarters in New York. “This Organization’s credibility is too important to the world to carry the burden of this failure.”

Rather, the world body must ensure that mistakes are not repeated and that past errors are corrected, President Silajdžić stressed.

“We cannot bring back the dead, but we can give dignity and justice to the genocide survivors,” he said. “What we say today is not aimed at the past, but at the future, and not only for Bosnia.”

Despite the positive results delivered by the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, many key issues remain, including the blocking of ‘minority’ returns by the genocidal Serbian fascist creature in Bosnia "RS", "by either directly taking part in violence or by not protecting people from attacks due to their ethnic background," the Bosnian President said.

“Dayton never intended such ethnic apartheid to take root in Bosnia,” he declared.

“It is the responsibility of this Organization to make it right,” he added. “Just as we should not have been forced to smuggle arms to defend ourselves, we should not be forced to smuggle basic human rights, justice and democracy” into the country.

President Silajdžić also praised a new indictment that UN prosecutors have filed against the former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian fascist creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against the Bosnian people,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic in a move to speed up his trial.

Prosecutors asked judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to approve the amended indictment yesterday.

It includes two genocide charges referring to the 1992 campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against Bosnian civilians and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of some 10,000 Bosnian civilians by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggression.

The Bosnian President Haris Silajdžić said the updated indictment would "further implicate" the regime of former Yugoslavian President,Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic in the "planning and the commission of these crimes".

The new, streamlined indictment has Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic facing 11 charges in total,including genocide, and lists war crimes in 27 Bosnian municipalities - down from 41.

The court is under pressure from the United Nations to finish all its cases by 2010.

Here is the complete speech by the Bosnian President Haris Silajdžić on 63th General Assembly of the United Nations (September 23,2008):

"Mr. President,

Mr. Secretary-General,

Distinguished Delegates,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is an honor to address the sixty-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Allow me to express my gratitude to Mr. Srgjan Kerim who ably presided over this body during the preceding year, and to congratulate Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockman, the new President of the General Assembly.

The first time I stood at this podium was in May 1992, as the Foreign Minister of a newly-independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. At that time, I recounted the unspeakable atrocities that were unfolding in my country. I also warned that, if not stopped, such atrocities would only get worse. In fact, I merely asked that Bosnia and Herzegovina be afforded the right to defend itself, the right guaranteed by the UN Charter.

We know what has happened since. Some in the international community insisted on maintaining the arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council in 1991, thus adding to the obviously overwhelming military advantage of Milosevic’s regime that was bent on destroying Bosnia and its people. They justified this course by claiming that the lifting of the embargo would add oil to the fire. The result, inevitably, was quelling that fire with the blood of the innocent.

According to the ICRC data, 200,000 people were killed, 12,000 of them children, up to 50,000 women were raped, and 2.2 million were forced to flee their homes. This was a veritable genocide and sociocide. The intent of the perpetrators of this genocide was to forever destroy the unique multi-ethnic fabric of Bosnia and Herzegovina through mass slaughter, rapes, torture, abuse, expulsion and plunder. Despite of this, defenders of our country conducted themselves honorably, as demonstrated by the ICTY acquittals of most of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s military leadership.

All this culminated in Srebrenica in July, 1995. The International Court of Justice, in its Judgment of February 26, 2007, ruled that

“[T]he Bosnian Serbs devised and implemented a plan to execute as many as possible of the military aged Bosnian Muslim men present in the enclave…, that the acts committed at Srebrenica…were committed with the specific intent to destroy in part the group of the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina as such; and accordingly that these were acts of genocide, committed by members of the [Army of Republika Srpska] in and around Srebrenica from about 13 July 1995.”

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Through its acts and omissions, the United Nations, by its own admission, bears a part of responsibility for the crimes committed at Srebrenica. In fact, the UN Secretary-General’s Report on Srebrenica from 2000 unequivocally states:

“Through error, misjudgment and an inability to recognize the scope of the evil confronting us, we failed to do our part to help save the people of Srebrenica from the Serb campaign of mass murder…Srebrenica crystallized a truth understood only too late by the United Nations and the world at large: that Bosnia was as much a moral cause as a military conflict. The tragedy of Srebrenica will haunt our history forever.”

We do not want the United Nations to be haunted. This organization’s credibility is too important to the world to carry the burden of this failure. Errors can be committed, but errors must not be repeated. We want the UN to right the wrongs. In fact, international law mandates that this must be done. Namely, the International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility, adopted in this Assembly’s Resolution 56/83 of 12 December 2001, mandate that: “no State shall recognize as lawful a situation created by a serious breach of a [peremptory norm of general international law],” which clearly includes the crime of genocide and the crimes against humanity, “nor render aid or assistance in maintaining that situation.”

If these principles had been applied, would the institutions identified by the ICJ as perpetrators of genocide still exist? Would vast portions of a country remain ethnically clean? Would over 1 million of refugees and displaced persons remain outside their homes? In short, do these principles allow for the arrest of Karadzic and the simultaneous preservation of the results of his project?

We cannot bring back the dead, but we can give dignity and justice to the survivors. What we say today is not aimed at the past, but at the future, and not only for Bosnia and Herzegovina. We owe it not only to the victims and survivors, but to the humanity as a whole. The message to the would-be perpetrators of crimes in the name of a twisted ideology should be crystal clear: do not even think about it, your terror will not pay off.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, we had the opportunity to make that true by a consistent implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the aggression, stopped the genocide, and brought peace. These were its major accomplishments, and their value cannot be overemphasized.

Dayton, however, was also intended to reverse the effects of genocide and ethnic cleansing. It had all the necessary elements to do so. Instead, in the words of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its main provisions have been a victim of: “a systemic, continuing and deliberate practice of the public authorities of Republika Srpska with the goal of preventing the so-called ‘minority’ returns, either through direct participation in violent incidents or through the abdication of responsibility to protect the people from…violent attacks due solely to their ethnic background.”

Dayton never intended such ethnic apartheid to take root in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is not the implementation of Dayton, but the violation of its core principles, that led to this result. It would be a grave mistake to recognize this result as lawful and legitimate.

It is the responsibility of this organization to make it right. Just as we should not have been forced to smuggle arms to defend ourselves, we should not be forced to smuggle basic human rights, justice and democracy into Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Without righting this wrong can we genuinely celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this December. Moreover, can we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Genocide Convention if the first and only judgment of the International Court of Justice on the crime of genocide remains in the archives of that Court?

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Now is the time to right these wrongs. We are about to start work on the new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the outcome of that process will answer many of these questions.

To those who now seek to legitimize the systemic violations of the Dayton Agreement, we all must say: make no mistake, genocide will not be rewarded.

Rewarding genocide could send a dangerous message throughout the world, and would surely undermine the chances for permanent peace and stability in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region. Seekers of justice are not the enemies of peace. They are the guardians of peace.

Certainly, there are those in Bosnia and Herzegovina who would not agree with this, but they are surely not the victims of genocide.

Dear Friends,

We have not forgotten the help we received from many of the countries represented here today. A number of your soldiers, diplomats, aid workers and journalists died in Bosnia and Herzegovina while working to end the aggression, bring peace, ease the suffering, or to make sure the rest of the world knew about it. For that we thank them once again, and renew our sympathies to their families. An even greater number of countries have assisted us in rebuilding our society after the aggression, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude for that as well. Bosnia and Herzegovina still needs your help in this regard, and we hope that we can work together in order to ensure permanent peace and stability in my country."
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SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC REFUSES TO ENTER GENOCIDE PLEA

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (August 29,2008) - Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against the Bosnian people,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic has refused to enter a plea to to 11 charges of genocide and war crimes during his second appearance in front of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today.

During a 24-minute hearing, Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic was told that he will be given the chance to air his claims that Nato and the US are trying to kill him at a special session of the UN's war crimes court on Sept 17.

"I will not plead in line with my standpoint as regards to this court," Serbian fascist said, refusing to plead guilty or not guilty.

Iain Bonomy, a Scottish UN judge who will be presiding over the rest of the trial proceedings, automatically entered a not guilty plea on Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic's behalf, in line with the court's rule.

"In that case I enter a plea of not guilty on your behalf," the judge said.

The 63-year-old Serbian war criminal continued to insist that he would represent himself over the 11 United Nations charges, but announced his intention of having a "team of associates" at a later date.


Genocide survivors,Bosnian women from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, watch the television broadcast of the appearance of former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against the Bosnian people committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague,the Netherlands,August 29, 2008. Serbian fascist Radovan Karadzic refused to enter pleas for all of the 11 charges against him. The charges against Karadzic include two of genocide over the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and the 1995 mass murder of 10,000 Bosnian civilians in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic who evaded justice for over a decade before finally being arrested in July while living as a faith healer in Belgrade, denounced the court as part of a Western conspiracy to kill him.

Judge Bonomy informed Serbian fascist that he would have the chance to argue his allegations of United States murder plot against him at a "status conference" in 19 days' time.

The judge, called in to replace his Dutch predecessor after complaints of bias from Serbian war criminal.He sharply criticised UN prosecutors for delays after hearing that a planned review of the charges contained in an "operative indictment", first drafted over eight years ago, would not be finished until the end of September.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic is facing trial for genocide and other charges adding up to the most serious war crimes that have taken place on European soil since the Second World War.

UN prosecutors have indicted Serbian fascist Karadzic on 11 counts of offences including: genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity, extermination, violation of the customs of war, murder and the taking of hostages.

The accusations of genocide will focus on Mr Karadzic's pivotal role in the leadership of the Serbians living in Bosnia which orchestrated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of up to 10,000 Bosnian civilians and the "death or forced departure" of Bosnian civilians from over 40 Bosnian towns,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst atrocity since World War II, has been termed genocide by two United Nations tribunals : International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and The International Criminal Court (ICC).

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic is also accused of war crimes following the shelling of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo where 12,000 Bosnian civilians (including 1600 children) were murdered by the genocidal Serbian aggressor.


The Face Of Evil - Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against the Bosnian people,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic sits in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague,the Netherlands,August 29, 2008. The UN's court has entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf to genocide and war crimes charges after he refused to file his own plea.
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SLOVENIAN WAR CRIMINAL FRANC KOS LINKED TO GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 29,2008) - A Slovenian living in Bosnia under a false identity is suspected of having taken part in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.The Bosnian State Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo has demanded an investigation into 10 people suspected of participating in the massacre in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica in which some 10,000 Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian aggressor in July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The Slovenian is named as Franc Kos and is said to have been mentioned in the minutes taken during testimonies by a number of witnesses before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Slovenian war criminal Franc Kos is described as the leader of a genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's unit, and was known under the nicknames Slovenac or Zuco. The witnesses blamed him for participation in the murder of some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.

The Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst atrocity since World War II, has been termed genocide by two United Nations tribunals.

Police and prosecutors in the Slovenian town of Celje have confirmed that they investigated Kos’s involvement in the genocide in Bosnia.

He is currently living in the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS", under a false identity which has not been revealed.

Slovenian media reported that since he is not in Slovenia it is unlikely that he will be tried in Slovenia.
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UNITED STATES WANTS ME DEAD,SAYS SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (August 1,2008) - Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" and one of the masterminds of the genocide against Bosnians,committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic said yesterday the United States wanted him dead and accused it of reneging on a deal to shield him from trial by the UN war crimes court.

In a submission to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic said the United States' Bosnian peace negotiator Richard Holbrooke had promised he would avoid a trial if he withdrew from public life.

"Mr Holbrooke undertook on behalf of the USA that I would not be tried before this tribunal..." Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic said in the written submission made public by the ICTY.


Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS",Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic (C) stands in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the start of his initial appearance in The Hague July 31, 2008. Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic faces a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time to answer charges of genocide for his actions during the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

American fascist Richard Holbrooke strongly denied any such deal was struck after Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, who was captured on July 21, first made the claims when he made his initial appearance before the UN tribunal yesterday.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic said in the documents that the offer was made in 1996 to "the statesmen and ministers who were my authorised representatives".

This was in turn for Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic withdrawing "not only from public but also from party offices and completely disappear from the public arena, not give interviews and not even publish literary works, in a word become invisible long enough for the Dayton agreement to be implemented in full."

He claimed former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright had proposed to Biljana Plavsic, former leader of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS", "that I get out of the way and go to Russia, Greece or Serbia and open a private clinic ... just as long as I left Pale."

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic said he tried to meet his end of the deal, but added it later became apparent there were attempts to "liquidate me".

"It is clear that, unable to fulfil the commitments he had undertaken on behalf of the USA, he (Holbrooke) switched to Plan B -- the liquidation of Radovan Karadzic," Serbian war criminal said.

"The agreement, which should have brought me peace and freedom, thus became a source of great danger to my life, and to the life and safety of my family and even my friends," Serbian war criminal said.


Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS",Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic stands in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the start of his initial appearance in The Hague July 31, 2008. Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic faces a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time to answer charges of genocide for his actions during the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic added that "Holbrooke's wish for my disappearance ... is today still fresher and stronger and the actions aimed at bringing this about are tireless."

"While these activities continue, and with this threat to my life, I have to sit in a place which is known to him and his friends and prepare my defence," he said.

American fascist Richard Holbrooke denied in an interview with CNN yesterday that any deal with Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic existed.

He also said recently that he still supports the existence of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS",which is Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic's creation.

“The Dayton Accords are clear. There can be no breakaway of any of Bosnia’s parts, the country’s entities are a reality, and it’s necessary to pluck up the courage to bolster constitutional organization for Bosnia to be able to take further steps towards the EU, and quickly become a member of Euro-Atlantic integration,” Holbrooke told a member of the Bosnian State Presidency Zeljko Komcic in April,2008.

American fascist Richard Holbrooke's argument that "the RS is a reality" is bunk. For a few years, Nazi Germany's occupation of most of Europe was a reality, also, but it was neither legal nor moral -just like the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS". In connection to Nazi Germany, it has been famously said that forcing the victims of genocide to live with and accept the results of genocide is also an act of genocide. For Holbrooke to say that the genocidal fascist Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" is a reality that Bosnians "should accept", is simply morally indefensible.

At yesterday's hearing, Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic told ICTY judge Alphons Orie that the deal had put his life at risk.

"I was in danger of being liquidated because I had made a commitment,"
Serbian war criminal stated. He expressed fears that "Holbrooke's long arm" may extend even into the courtroom.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic indicated he will defend himself at the trial and experts have said he will try to make it a political showcase.

"I cannot imagine that his defence would be anything but a political one," said Pierre Hazan, author of an acclaimed book on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that is handling
Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic.

"He cannot defend himself on a judicial level."

Florence Hartmann, former spokeswoman and adviser to previous war crimes prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, said Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic has made it clear he would have "things to say" about promises made by the West in peace negotiations.

"The family has always said they have evidence of proof (of the secret agreement)," she said.

"Many have claimed that Holbrooke promised not to deliver Karadzic to the ICTY in exchange for his exit from the public scene," Hartmann added.


Sitting under pictures of victims of the genocide, Bosnian women,the genocide survivors, from Srebrenica react while watching former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS",Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic's court proceedings on television in their office in Tuzla July 31, 2008, during his initial appearance in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic faces a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time yesterday to answer genocide charges after his dramatic arrest that ended 13 years on the run. Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic faces two charges of genocide over the 43-month siege of the Bosnian caoital Sarajevo and the 1995 mass murder of some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, 63, was arrested in Belgrade 13 years after the ICTY first issued an indictment against him over numerous genocidal campaigns during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

He faces 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The charges focus on the 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo that left 10,000 Bosnian civilians dead, and the July 1995 mass murder of around 10,000 Bosnian civilians in the UN-protected safe area of the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

If convicted, Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic faces life imprisonment.A plea hearing was scheduled for August 29th,2008.
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66 BODIES OF GENOCIDE VICTIMS EXUMED FROM A MASS GRAVE NEAR SREBRENICA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (July 18,2008) - Bosnian forensic experts have completed excavation of a mass grave near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica today. Officials of the Bosnian State Institute for Missing People confirmed 66 bodies of the genocide victims from Srebrenica were found in the mass grave called Pusumlici 2, along with three bags of bones and personal belongings.

These 66 genocide victims were among 10,000 Bosnian civilians mass murderd by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995, during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Murat Hurtic, the head of the Bosnian forensic team, says the last bodies of the genocide victims were taken out earlier today. The team exhumed two complete and 64 incomplete skeletons of the genocide victims.

An ID card found in the grave supports initial information that the bodies were of the Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.

Over 3,200 genocide victims from this part of Bosnia have already been found in some 60 nearby mass graves, identified through DNA analysis and reburied.
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SERBIAN FASCISTS FORCIBLY PREVENTED 100 GENOCIDE SURVIVORS TO LAY WREATHS OF FLOWERS AT A GENOCIDE MEMORIAL SITE IN EASTERN BOSNIA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (16 July,2008) - All Bosnian media and the regional court have condemned the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS", for forcibly preventing yesterday some 100 genocide survivors from Srebrenica to visit a genocide memorial site in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice, where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995.

This move was an attempt by the Serbian fascists still living in Bosnia to stifle the truth about the 1995 Srebrenica genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Yesterday, the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" stopped two buses and a minivan with some 100 genocide survivors from this part of Bosnia, mostly women, from visiting a genocide memorial centre in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice.

“We only wanted to lay flowers at a place of genocide,” Hatidza Mehmedovic, the President of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association, told media.


A Bosnian woman,who lost her relatives in the genocide committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,reacts at the road blockade conducted by the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" in the village of Sandici, near the eastern Bosnian town of Bratunac 70 kms northeast of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo,on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. For the first time a group of Bosnian Muslim woman tried to lay wreaths of flowers at the factory hall in Kravice where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995.

Representatives of the genocide survivors from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica wanted to visit and lay wreaths of flowers at the former Farmers’ Association building in Kravica yesterday, as a part of the commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia,committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Some 10,000 Bosnian civilians were murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the single biggest massacre in Europe after the end of World War Two, and buried in numerous mass graves across this region of Bosnia, including several in the area of Kravice,near Srebrenica.

For the thirteenth year, the genocide survivors from Srebrenica have been commemorating the fall of Srebrenica through numerous activities held across the region between July 11 and 15.Yet the planned visit to Kravice was blocked by the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" which said that this ceremony “irritates” all Serbians living in Bosnia.


Serbian fascists stop the genocide survivors from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica from visiting a site in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice, where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia.The visit was part of a programme commemorating the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia.In July 1995 the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.The massacre, Europe’s worst since World War II, 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 Netherlands.

The convoy with the genocide survivors from Srebrenica was stopped by the Serbian fascists around noon at barricades outside the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice.Heavily equipped Serbian fascist forces also blocked any of the local residents from approaching the convoy.

After being forcibly prevented by the Serbian fascists to place flowers at this place of genocide, the genocide survivors from Srebrenica held a ceremony and laid wreaths of flowers at a nearby football field – another place where many Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Later on Tuesday, the Regional Court in the town of Bijeljina rejected the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" request to prevent the gathering of the genocide survivors from Srebrenica in Kravice but by that time they had already returned to their homes.

It is still unknown whether the genocide survivors will, following the Court ruling, try again to visit Kravice and to lay wreaths of flowers at a genocide memorial site in Kravice.


The mothers, sisters, daughters and wives of the genocide victims from Srebrenica sit in buses July 15, 2008 after the "police" of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS" stopped them from visiting a genocide memorial site in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravice, where more than 1,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The visit was part of a programme commemorating the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia.In July 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia, the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.
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BOSNIA MARKS 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (July 11,2008) - Some 30,000 Bosnians gathered today to remember the genocide committed by the Serbian fascist aggressor in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica in July 1995 and bury the remains of 307 newly identified genocide victims.

The somber funeral ceremony for the 307 genocide victims, who were among 10,000 mass murdered Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica in Europe's worst atrocity since World War II, was held at the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near Srebrenica.

The remains of 307 genocide victims, aged between 15 and 84, were exhumed from mass graves after the end of the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia and identified by DNA analysis.

After leading mourners in prayer, Head of the Bosnian Islamic Community Reisu-l-ulema Mustafa Ef. Ceric called on the European Parliament to proclaim July 11 a day of mourning across the continent.

"On that day in all capitals, events should be organized at which nations of Europe would make a vow to each other that Genocide and the Holocaust will never happen again," Reisu-l-ulema Mustafa Ef. Ceric said in a speech.


A Bosnian woman and a child cry among coffins of the genocide victims from Srebrenica during funeral ceremony at the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near Srebrenica, 120 kms northeast of Sarajevo on Friday, July 11, 2008. The 307 bodies of the genocide victims were excavated from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Srebrenica area in july 1995. The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The 307 newly identified genocide victims were buried today in the Genocide Memorial Center, next to some 3,200 genocide victims from Srebrenica already buried there.

The genocide in this part of Bosnia happened near the end of the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia, after the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor overran the then UN-protected eastern Bosnian town.

At today's ceremony, the genocide survivors and victims' relatives were joined by diplomats and local leaders led by the Bosnian President Haris Silajdzaic and a member of the Bosnian State Presidency Zeljko Komsic.

"We expect Serbia...to arrest as soon as possible and hand over all those who took part in the genocide project," the Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic said.

The masterminds of the genocide in Bosnia - Serbian war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic - are both hiding from justice somewhere in the genocidal Serbia.

"Today, when we remember with sadness this crime, I want to stress that we will never give up the search for justice and those who are responsible for genocide," said the International Community's High Representative/EU Special Representative in Bosnia Miroslav Lajčák.

The International Court of Justice and the UN war crimes tribunal, both based in The Hague, have ruled that the Srebrenica massacre was an act of genocide.


A Bosnian family cries together as they sit among the coffins of the genocide victims from Srebrenica during the funeral ceremony at the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari near Srebrenica.The 307 bodies of the genocide victims were excavated from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Srebrenica area in july 1995. The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The 307 newly identified genocide victims were buried today in the Genocide Memorial Center, next to some 3,200 genocide victims from Srebrenica already buried there.

"It's a shame that Serbian war criminals Karadzic and Mladic are not arrested," US war crimes ambassador John Williamson said in a newspaper interview published today, pledging to press for their capture.

His words were echoed by the genocide victims' relatives.

"We are still fighting to prove to the world what has happened here while those who are the most responsible for the crime are being rewarded with freedom," said Munira Subasic, head of the association of the genocide survivors "Mothers of Srebrenica".

Another mourner, Vanesa Mehmedovic watched on as remains of her father were simultaneously laid in graves along with the 307 other genocide victims.

"It was so hard when they informed me that my father has been identified," said Mehmedovic, who added however that she was "glad that his soul will finally find peace."

Almost 220 buses ferrying around 10,000 people had converged on Srebrenica for the ceremony, while many more arrived in other vehicles, said organizers.

Some 2,000 Bosnians had earlier taken part in a symbolic march.The 100-kilometre walk includes 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 controlled by the Bosnian Army in the country's north.

The "March of Death - Path of Freedom" started from the village of Nezuk, near the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik, and ended in the Genocide Memorial Centre in Potocari today.

"This is the third time that I am taking part in the march. The first time ... I was just walking ... haunted by thoughts," Refik Dervisevic,genocide survivor said.

"Last year I remembered the details from July 1995. I saw the place where I separated from my brother who was murdered," he said.

The mass burial of newly identified genocide victims, once a year on the anniversary the genocide in Srebrenica, has become a central part of Bosnian national identity, a chance for remembrance and family reunions.

The air is filled with sobs, greetings and the smell of thyme.

"This day is even more difficult for me because I have found the body of one of my children but I cannot bury him," said Hatidza Mehmedovic, 56, who lost her husband and two sons.

The body of one son was found in 1998 but partially identified only last year. DNA analysis however cannot show which one of the two it is. Only three bones have been found of her husband's body.

"This is taking too long, I don't want to die without finding the truth," she said.


Bosnian Muslims pray in the front of coffins containing the remains of their family members inside the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near Srebrenica July 11, 2008, during a funeral ceremony to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The 307 newly identified genocide victims were buried today in the Genocide Memorial Center, next to some 3,200 genocide victims from Srebrenica already buried there.

The massacre started on July 11, 1995, when U.N. troops protecting Srebrenica during a 3-year siege stepped aside and allowed the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor to take over and stage a week-long mass murder.

The bodies of genocide victims were first buried by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in mass graves, then dug out with bulldozers and moved to smaller graves to hide the crime. A genocide victim's remains can be scattered in several locations, and are not released for burial until two-thirds of the body have been recovered.

"The bodies of these 307 people have been found in as many as 55 different locations," said Amor Masovic, the member of the Bosnian Commission for Missing Persons. "Some of them had been found in the ground nearly 13 years ago."

So far some 3,200 genocide victims from srebrenica have been buried at the Genocide Memorial Center built in 2003. Thousands more are yet to be exhumed and identified in the area, where some 70 mass graves have been uncovered.


Bosnians carry coffins containing the remains of their family members inside the Potocari memorial cemetery July 11, 2008, during a funeral ceremony to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. The 307 bodies of the genocide victims were excavated from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Srebrenica area in july 1995. The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The 307 newly identified genocide victims were buried today in the Genocide Memorial Center, next to some 3,200 genocide victims from Srebrenica already buried there.

"Genocide occurred here. This fact cannot be minimised, it cannot be evaded and cannot and must not be denied," said the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia Charles English.

The relatives of the genocide victims feel the world has forgotten Srebrenica.

"The U.N. will never acknowledge their mistake, even though the genocide happened on their watch, before the eyes of the world," said 36-year old Hafiza Klepic, who came from Denmark to bury the remains of her husband.

She buried her brother last year, and is still waiting for her father to be found.

"But we will not give up, justice must be done, If it doesn't happen on this earth, then God will be the judge."
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BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES JULY 11 A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 11,2008) - The Bosnian government decided yesterday to make July 11, 2008 the Bosnian National Day of Mourning.

Furthermore, the Organizing Committee for marking the 13th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica received 150,000 Bosnian Marks from the Bosnian state budget.

On July 11,1995 the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor overrun the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, which had been declared a safe haven by the United Nations two years earlier. The Dutch peacekeepers did not fire a single shot in defense, and the UN did not respond to the Dutch commander's calls for air support.

Dutch soldiers in U.N. blue helmets did absolutely nothing to protect Bosnian civilians.They just watched on as Bosnian women and young girls were taken away and raped by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor and some 10,000 Bosnian civilians being taken away for summary execution.

The massacre, Europe’s worst since World War II, 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 Netherlands.
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BOSNIANS PAY TRIBUTE TO GENOCIDE VICTIMS FROM SREBRENICA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 10,2008) - Thousands of Bosnians paid tribute in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo yesterday to more than 300 Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica before their remains were to be buried later this week on the 13th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica.

“I came to pay tribute to the genocide victims since it is my duty,” said Safija Mulovic, a shopkeeper. “I am here to mourn the death of innocent people.”

In July 1995, the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians in Srebrenica.The massacre, Europe’s worst since World War II, 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 Netherlands.

The remains of 307 genocide victims, aged between 15 and 84, will be buried near Srebrenica on the 13th anniversary of the genocide tomorrow.

The convoy of trucks carrying the remains of the genocide victims briefly stopped in front of the building of the Bosnian State Presidency where the Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic and a member of the Bosnian Presidency - Zeljko Komsic - paid their respects.

People stood alongside the roads through which the convoy passed, many of them crying. They threw roses onto the trucks, while some were praying.

The genocide victims’ bodies were exhumed from mass graves after the end of the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia and have been identified by DNA analysis.

Some 3,200 genocide victims from Srebrenica have been buried so far at the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near Srebrenica,built in 2003, but thousands of others are yet to be exhumed and identified. More than 60 mass graves have been uncovered in the area.

“Serbia has to extradite those charged for crimes” committed in Srebrenica, the Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic told journalists.

The masterminds of the genocide in Bosnia - Serbian war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic - are both hiding from justice somewhere in the genocidal Serbia.


Bosnians stand among coffins of 307 genocide victims from Srebrenica displayed at The Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari near Srebrenica, 120 kms northeast of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. The 307 bodies were excavated from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Srebrenica area in July 1995. The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered up to 10,000 Bosnian civilians after capturing Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The 307 identified genocide victims will be buried on July 11, 2008 in the Genocide Memorial Center next to some 3,200 genocide victims already buried there.


A Bosnian woman and child are seen, searching for her relative, among coffins of the genocide victims from Srebrenica, displayed at the Genocide Memorial Center of Potocari near Srebrenica, 120 kms northeast of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Thursday, July 10, 2008. The 307 bodies of the genocide victims were excavated from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Srebrenica area in July 1995. The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered up to 10,000 Bosnian civilians after capturing Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia. The 307 identified genocide victims will be buried on July 11, 2008 in the Genocide Memorial Center next to some 3,200 genocide victims already buried there.


A Bosnian woman carries her daughter inside the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 10, 2008, a day before a funeral ceremony to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians after the former United Nations "safe zone" fell into their hands in July 1995. Newly identified genocide victims are buried each year by their families after their bodies are dug out of mass graves.Some 3,200 genocide victims from Srebrenica have been buried so far at The Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near Srebrenica.
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CASKETS WITH REMAINS OF 307 GENOCIDE VICTIMS DEPART FOR SREBRENICA

VISOKO, Bosnia (July 9,2008) - Hundreds of Bosnians gathered today in the central Bosnian town of Visoko, some 30 kilometres northwest of the capital Sarajevo, to pay respects to the genocide victims from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Caskets with remains of 307 Srebrenica victims will be transported by trucks to the Genocide Memorial Centre in Potocari,near Srebrenica.

On Friday, commemoration and burial will be held marking the 13th anniversary of the genocide in this part of Bosnia in which the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians,during the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

The trucks with the caskets passed also through Bosnia's capital Sarajevo where the citizens of Sarajevo as well as the country's officials, including the Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic, went on the streets to pay their respects to the genocide victims from Srebrenica.


A Bosnian man cries as he stands near to the coffins containing the remains of 307 bodies of the genocide victims from Srebrenica, leaving the morgue in central Bosnian town of Visoko, on the way to Srebrenica on Wednesday, July 9, 2008.307 bodies of the genocide victims were exumed from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Bosnian civilians mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the Srebrenica area during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.


Bosnian women pray near to the coffins containing the remains of 307 bodies of the genocide victims from Srebrenica, leaving the morgue in central Bosnian town of Visoko, on the way to Srebrenica on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Relatives gather to see the coffins after the 307 bodies of the genocide victims were exumed from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia. The bodies of the genocide victims were transported to the Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari,near Srebrenica,where they will be buried on 11 July, 2008, when the 13th anniversary of the genocide is to be marked.


Bosnian women hug and cry on July 9, 2008 while seeing off the coffins containing the remains of their family members from the morgue in the central town of Visoko on their way to the eastern town of Srebrenica, where they will be buried at a joint cemetery for all genocide victims from Srebrenica on July 11, 2008. The families bury each year newly-identified genocide victims after they had been dug out of mass graves.The genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians in Srebrenica in July 1995.

The 307 recently identified genocide victims will be buried next to fewer than 3,000 other genocide victims interred in Potocari since the Genocide Memorial Centre was opened five years ago.

The remains of an unknown number of the genocide victims exhumed from more than 60 mass graves discovered in the Srebrenica area during the last decade, and currently packed in more than 5,000 bags, are still awaiting identification and proper burial.
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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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BOSNIAN OFFICIALS WELCOME ACQUITTAL OF BOSNIAN ARMY COMMANDER NASER ORIC

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 4,2008) - Bosnian officials welcomed yesterday a decision by the Appeals Chamber of the UN War Crimes Tribunal to overturn the war crimes conviction of the former commander of the Bosnian Army units in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica Naser Oric and acquitted him 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.

The Appeals Chamber of the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) determined there was too little evidence to justify Oric's initial conviction.

"The evidence that Naser Oric is innocent have always existed and I think it is a great shame that he spent almost four years in jail, said yesterday the President of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association, Munira Subasic.

"When the indictment was raised by ICTY against Naser Oric, I, as a victim of genocide, searching after members of my family murdered in Srebrenica, felt then that the court had become unjust", Subašić added.

She considers that when Naser Oric was taken to the Hague Tribunal, the politics entered that Court.

"I can't believe that after the genocide, the massacre of our children, the judges and prosecutors had nothing else to do but to condemn one man who tried to defend Bosnia as best as he knew", Subasic points out.

She repeated that the war criminals should be prosecuted in the ICTY and that they should be sentenced to the life imprisonment.

"That is the only way in which the Hague Tribunal could return a small piece of justice, and the victims of genocide to feel that someone did something for them", Subasic said.

Commenting on the decision, Srebrenica Mayor Abdurahman Malkic said it proved that the Bosnian Army was never involved in war crimes in the Srebrenica area.

Associations of demobilized soldiers from the Bosnian Army also welcomed the chamber's decision and called for the urgent arrest of all Serbian war criminals still at large.

In 1995, the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's forces stormed a U.N.-declared "safe haven" in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica and mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians,which was Europe's worst civilian massacre since World War II.

Two of the masterminds of the Serbian genocide against the Bosnian people,committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,Serbian war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are still hiding from justice.They remain at large almost 13 years since being charged with genocide by the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
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UN APPEALS COURT ACQUITS BOSNIAN HERO NASER ORIC OF ALL WAR CRIMES CHARGES

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (July 3,2008) - A U.N. appeals court today overturned the war crimes conviction of Bosnian war hero Naser Oric,the commander of the Bosnian Army in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Oric,41,had been convicted in 2006 of failing to prevent subordinates from killing six genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's soldiers captured and held by the Bosnian Army in 1992 and 1993 in Srebrenica.

However,judges gave him a lenient two-year sentence and ordered his immediate release because of time spent in custody.

But appeals judges went even further, overturning both convictions because the original trial failed to establish that Oric had control over Bosnian forces responsible for the killings of six captured genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's soldiers.

"The appeals chamber reverses Naser Oric's conviction," said judge Wolfgang Schomburg of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, (ICTY) based in The Hague.

The court emphasized that "proof that crimes have occurred is not sufficient to sustain a conviction of an individual for these crimes."

The court criticised the fact that the perpetrators then had not been sufficiently identified. So it could not be proven whether they had in fact been under Oric's command.

Oric stared ahead without showing any emotion as the judgment was read and then bowed briefly to judges before sitting down. Outside court, he hugged friends and his lawyer before walking out the front door a free man.

"Of course I am very happy," he said.

His lawyer, Vasvija Vidovic, said the acquittal was no surprise.

"Anyone who followed the trial could expect the result that he is not guilty," she said.

Oric said he was not bitter about spending nearly three years in pretrial custody, only to ultimately be found not guilty on all charges. "It was my destiny," Oric said.

Oric led the heroic defense of the Srebrenica enclave against attacks from the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's forces from early in the war. In 1995, the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's forces stormed a U.N.-declared "safe haven" in Srebrenica and mass murdered some 10,000 Bosnian civilians,which was Europe's worst civilian massacre since World War II.

Oric defended the actions of all Bosnian soldiers in the enclave, saying they were in a desperate situation.

"I don't think they really committed crimes," he said outside court. "We were under siege. We were just fighting to survive and fighting for our lives."

One of the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor's commanders,Serbian war criminal Radoslav Krstic, has already been sentenced to 35 years after a conviction on genocide charges.

The commander of the genocidal paramilitary fascist forces of the Serbians living in Bosnia (VRS), Ratko Mladic - also charged with genocide for the Srebrenica mass murders - is believed to be hiding in the genocidal Serbia.

Munira Subasic, head of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association, said Oric's innocence was obvious from the start.

"He was himself the victim of genocide" as 22 members of his family members had been murdered by Serbs, Subasic said.

"The fact that the court even indicted him for war crimes made us all believe it had become unjust."

In March 1995 Naser Orić was awarded the "Golden Lily", the highest award given by the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Bosnian Army.


Bosnian war hero Naser Oric (R) and his lawyer Vasvija Vidovic sit in the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as he waits for the judgement on his appeal in The Hague July 3, 2008. Oric, wartime commander of Srebrenica, was acquitted 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.


Bosnian war hero Naser Oric, right, and his lawyer Vasvija Vidovic, left, are seen in the courtroom of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday July 3, 2008. A U.N. appeals court has overturned the war crimes conviction of Oric and acquitted him 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.


Bosnian war hero Naser Oric smiles as he leaves the ICTY building after his release in the Hague July 3 2008. The U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday overturned the conviction of the commander of the Bosnian Army in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.


Bosnian war hero Naser Oric, the former commander of the Bosnian Army in Srebrenica, is photographed near Tuzla in 1995.In March 1995 Naser Orić was awarded the "Golden Lily", the highest award given by the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Bosnian Army.
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BOSNIA TO COMMEMORATE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (July 2,2008) – Next week,more than 40,000 Bosnians are expected to attend a commemoration for the 13th anniversary of the genocide against Bosnian civilians,committed by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Srebrenica Mayor Abdurahman Malkic confirmed that some 330 genocide victims will be buried during the ceremony at the Genocide Memorial Centre near Srebrenica.

The genocide victims exhumed from several mass graves in eastern Bosnia and identified through sophisticated DNA analysis would be buried next to some 3,000 genocide victims from Srebrenica.

Up to 10,000 Bosnian civilians were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in Srebrenica on July 11, 1995.

The remains of an unknown number of genocide victims exhumed in the last couple of years from more than 60 mass graves in eastern Bosnia and currently packed in more than 5,000 bags are still awaiting identification and proper burial.

Former leaders of the Serbians living in Bosnia,Serbian war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, remain at large nearly 13 years after The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted them for genocide and other war crimes.
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ICTY INVESTIGATOR DEAN MANNING TO TESTIFY BEFORE BOSNIAN STATE COURT AT TRIAL OF 11 SERBIAN WAR CRIMINALS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (February 22,2008) – At the trial of 11 Serbian war criminals,former members of the genocidal paramilitary forces of the Serbians living in Bosnia (VRS),charged with genocide before the Bosnian State Court, a discussion was held yesterday on a number of procedural issues, as well as on the witnesses who will appear at the Court and those who have refused to testify.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor charges the 11 Serbian war criminals with the mass murder of around 1,000 Bosnian civilians in the eastern Bosnian village of Kravica on July 13,1995.

It was announced that International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) investigator Dean Manning, who lives in Australia, might be examined on March 12, at midnight,due to the time difference between Bosnia and Australia.

The Defence teams of the 11 indictees charged with genocide committed in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia,are due to cross-examine Manning, after the Bosnian State Prosecutor has filed a transcript of his testimony at the trial of a convicted Serbian war criminal Vidoje Blagojevic, who was sentenced by the ICTY to 15 years' imprisonment for crimes committed in Srebrenica.

"The Australian legal authorities are willing to help us and facilitate a video-conference within their working hours. The time difference is ten hours, and the only way to make this happen is to begin the examination at midnight," Trial Chamber Chairman Hilmo Vucinic said, adding that he will attempt to establish the video-link at "a more adequate time".

The Defence attorneys did not have any problems with "examining this witness at midnight", as his testimony is "in the interest of the Defence".

Following Manning's examination, investigators Richard Batler and Jean Rere Ruez are due to be cross examined by the end of March.

At this hearing, the Trial Chamber informed the Defence teams that two ICTY convicts who are serving their sentences in Norway - Serbian war criminals Dragan Obrenovic, sentenced to 17 years, and Vidoje Blagojevic – have refused to testify in favour of the 11 Serbian war criminals.

"Obrenovic is not willing to testify as he is concerned for the safety of his family, while Blagojevic claims he does not know Serbian war criminal Milos Stupar and has no connection with him at all," Judge Vucinic explained.

At the request of Serbian war criminal Milos Stupar's Defence, the Trial Chamber admitted the transcripts and recordings of the testimonies of Zoran 'Pirocanac' Petrovic and Nikola Gajic in The Hague, who "were also not willing to testify".

Petrovic is a journalist who was with the genocidal Serbian aggressor during the attack on Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The Defence attorneys said that Gajic was "an eyewitness of the events".

The Bosnian State Prosecutor proposed that the statements given by Serbian war criminal Ljubomir Borovcanin to investigators prior to being charged be included as material evidence. Serbian war criminal Ljubomir Borovcanin is currently on trial in The Hague for genocide committed by the Serbian aggressor in Srebrenica.

The Bosnian State Prosecutor Ibro Bulic suggested that Alister Graham, the ICTY investigator who examined Serbian war criminal Ljubomir Borovcanin, be called as a witness to talk about the acceptability of those statements. The Defence teams objected, asking for another chance for cross-examination.

The Prosecution also proposed a list of evidence to refute the Defence's allegations, including a proposal for the examination of two witnesses who would speak about the happenings in Srebrenica of July 13, 1995.

In July 1995 the genocidal Serbian aggressor mass murdered up to 10,000 Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica.

The trial of 11 Serbian war criminals charged with genocide is due to continue before the Bosnian State Court on March 12.
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RECONSTRUCTION OF 100 HOUSES IN SREBRENICA EXPECTED THIS YEAR

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (February 18,2008) – Embassy of the Netherlands in Bosnia denied the correctness of information published on Friday that this year there will be no reconstruction of houses in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

"The Embassy of the Netherlands is presently supporting three return and social housing projects through the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS)”, stated the release from the Embassy.

This will result in 100 new housing units in Srebrenica in the immediate future.
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BOND AND HALILOVIC VISITED SREBRENICA

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (January 25,2008) – Realization of the project for the reconstruction of the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica from the Bosnian Council of Ministers assets in the amount of 10 million Bosnian Marks, has been delayed for over half a year, it was stated during the visit to Srebrenica of Cliffford Bond,the Office of the International community's High Representative in Bosnia (OHR) Special Envoy for Srebrenica and the Bosnian Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Safet Halilovic.

Minister Halilovic stated that the implementation is delayed due to administrative procedure and commission forming, but that planned amount will be spent on set projects as soon as possible.

Bond pointed out that all planned projects should be realized very quickly and that they will contribute in improving living conditions for the citizens of Srebrenica. Primarily, new work places will be secured which is a basis for survival in this region of Bosnia.

On Wednesday, the Bosnian Council of Ministers Special Commission visited Srebrenica and they agreed to take concrete steps in realizing these projects.